George Brennan banished from the Meadowlands

[Duane Ranger]

SOA President Joseph Faraldo speaks out

A quote from the article:

"Track operators can pretend to want to cure the industry of its ills, but creating them in the name of self righteousness doesn't cure any problems and creates, perhaps intentionally, unnecessary negative publicity for our industry. Couple that with penalizing our stars who try to minimize the negative press occasioned by such absolute wrongheaded calls just makes one wonder what is going on here". Click below to read the full story...

http://www.harnesslink.com/www/Article.cgi?ID=98113

[Allan]

Ah, for once I thought we were going to have a good comment from Joe Faraldo. Then he got into his typical tweak attempt at Gural. It must be nice to sit in the ivory towers where everything is going beautiful. Let's see what his tune would be if he was the head of the horsemen in Illinois or Kentucky. Faraldo and Gural are like the GOP and the Democrats; one says it is cloudy and the other one says it sunny; yet they are looking at the same sky.

He had the makings of a great, insightful letter but then went off on his usual attack mode on Gural. If he left that part out and talked about what a blooming mess the whole medication situation is and how this is a case of selective prosecution it would have been great. If he proposed a solution to the different medication rule issue, it would have been inspiring. However, this is the man who is fighting the possibility of a compact which would allow everyone to have the same rules because things are going well in New York right now.

The fact is the trainer is supposed to know the rules of each state they are racing in; the trainer has the ultimate responsibility for his horses. Is it fair this is the way it is? Legally, it doesn't matter. It is what it is until it is changed. If we accept the fact the vet is only following the rules of the state the vet is in, does it mean it's excusable? So by that logic, it would be perfectly fine to have a horse trained in Massachussets where a horse can race with bute, yet race him in New York and when you get caught say, 'Hey, how was the MA vet supposed to know"? I realize it is a bit of an extreme example, but it proves my point. We have a mess, but training and medicating a horse in a state where the rules are more lax can never be an excuse.

I would hope Mr. Faraldo would take his own beliefs with regards to a need for uniform rules and support the idea of a racing compact to establish such a reality. Somehow, I doubt it will happen.

SOA President Joseph Faraldo speaks out

A quote from the article:

"Track operators can pretend to want to cure the industry of its ills, but creating them in the name of self righteousness doesn't cure any problems and creates, perhaps intentionally, unnecessary negative publicity for our industry. Couple that with penalizing our stars who try to minimize the negative press occasioned by such absolute wrongheaded calls just makes one wonder what is going on here". Click below to read the full story...

http://www.harnesslink.com/www/Article.cgi?ID=98113

[Duane Ranger]

Top drivers talk about Jeff Gural and George Brennan

http://www.harnesslink.com/www/Article.cgi?ID=98173