Cornell is not just a cow school anymore...my neighbor's daughter is enrolled in this program and her mother is a teacher of Equine Science at Suny Cobleskill:

http://web.vet.cornell.edu/public/cuerp/


Also running drug tests for the tracks:

http://diaglab.vet.cornell.edu/labsect/equine.asp

I was only messing around with Peegarden

I shall not strike you but may have Scavs drive you through rough sections of town

I figured as much...but maybe this will entertain a few folks here.

that makes sense, now that you say that. do you agree with the folks who think the horses should train in opposite directions from day to day? i don't see what it would hurt.
like the local gym, walk to the left today...

I suppose it couldnt hurt

I did that on the track as much as possible.
With the crosscountry kids also. During the same workout.

Hope you can get back into your routine.

They are also the lead institution mapping
the thoroughbred genome. Which in the future
should be very interesting. I think the genome is about done.
Just gotta try to make some sense out of it.

Quarter cracks are practically non-existant in Europe. I believe the reason that they are so common here is because of the sandy surfaces here. Because of the sandy surfaces here, the horses' feet get all dried out and are prone to cracking.

In addition, the surfaces are much firmer over here.

All I could think about when I saw BB going postal in the stall was that this is probably how N. Key probably hurt herself.

Well yeah Bobby, that's the equivalent of taking an All Pro NFL running back with a knee injury and potentially risking career ending injury by injecting tetracaine and solumedrol in a knee so they can play while injured. Which is exactly what is done not only in the pro's but now all the way down to the youngest of kids at levels shameful to sport and society.

Congrats on the big win with #4 over the weekend.

It's not much of a reach Chuck to suggest BB left an awful lot of game in that stall Saturday Chuck.

That's reaching pretty deep.

But, hey, good detective there. What's next.....the Loch Ness monster?

Zito is a great trainer and exudes class and is respectful of others.
The other guy is a mouthy blowhard with no class.

A few years back when Zito had 5 starters in the derby, and all expectations and pressure where on him. Immediately after the race when he finished off the board with all horses, the media were all right in his face for interviews of course, and I'll never forget how he handled it. He didn't squirm or make excuses or blame anyone or duck any questions. He made himself available at a moment that had to be a huge personal disappointment and answered the questions forthrightly.

contrast that to Saturday with a sweaty guy quickly running off "don't even think about it" after mouthing off to the world for weeks that the race was guaranteed.

You're reaching to start trouble.

If the media asks Nick about his use of medications I'm quite comfortable he will be forthcoming, as he always is. Winstrol is a legal medication in many states. Dutrow was honest, and actually complimented for his honesty by those with any knowledge of the game, and if anything it is the industry that needs to address the issue. Dutrow was also criticized for what he said, which was that he just gave it to his horses and didn't know what it did. I would be surprised if Nick gave a similar answer.

Different people have different styles. That doesn't make one right and one wrong. Fortunately, the world doesn't work that way. However, Nick has developed his positive image through many years of being a great friend to horse racing. If, perhaps, he is treated differently, maybe he has earned it through years of availability and generosity. This is not to criticize Rick Dutrow, but his fame is mostly recent, and fair or unfair, much of his notoriety has been due to negative publicity. I hope, for his sake and the sake of the game, that he will be able to use this opportunity to show a much more positive side of himself. Personally, and I don't know Rick at all, while I didn't agree with everything he said or did, overall I would say he was pretty entertaining and my opinion of him, for whatever the hell that's worth, improved.

They should be. No one ever said Parcells or Belechik were fun to be around after a loss, but they showed up. If you want to represent your sport favorably, you have to show up in good times and in bad. The only exception would be, IMO, an EB type tragedy.