Dutrow cuts deal in KY
 

Par for the course.

That's still gonna cut into his Turfway business. :rolleyes:

Dutrow is a brilliant trainer

He still has to do the days everywhere. Realistically the ineptness of the Racing board was actually covered up by Dutrow taking the deal offered. If they had pressed the issue in court, he would have won and got off with nothing. The rule that the horses have to go to a trainer with no financial relationship for 30 days is stupid. What trainer wants to take another guys horses for 30 days especially if the original trainer has no obligation to tell them anything about the horses? Does anyone seriously think that a guy is going to hire help, buy equipment, find stalls, etc for a month? It is a money losing proposition for the new trainer.

How can the Ky RB be that ignorant of the obvious. It's almost as if both parties sat down with a calendar and decided to find the slowest racing period of the entire year to enforce any days at all.

And the alternative is??

geld the trainers that cheat??

its ok 'BABE' we will comeback stronger than ever.."drops needle":wf

Because they had no leverage because they screwed up when trying to use the tough guy act and "punish" him for saying the obvious. If they had just admitted that his lawyer had got them on sloppy work by the lab, given him the 15 days as reccomended by thier hearing officer, this would have been over and done with. But since they made the mind numbing decision to give him more days based upon ridiclous reasoning they made the situation into one where if Dutrow had pushed the case in court he would have almost assuredly won. This was a compromise. Dont underestimate the ability of any govt appointed board to be ignorant.

Respect the decision of the professional hearing officer who had taken all the factors into consideration. They wanted the 30 day provision to kick in but failed to cover their bases.

How Muillins fare in the NYRA detention barn fiasco...never heard another word about it...no penalty...no days... no harm no foul :zz: But..."Mullins didn't know he couldn't bring a syringe into the detention barn":zz:

Different scenario because that was a NYRA rule as opposed to a medication/state rule. Mullins had no leverage but NYRA seemingly let him off the hook because they simply dont have the authority that a racing commission has. In this Dutrow case, the truth is that the state cut the deal to save face, not Dutrow. If it went to a court case, it would have been an embarrasment to the state of KY when the conduct of its board was shown to be in violation of the law. I am not saying that Dutrow is not guilty or doesnt deserve the time but pointing out the ineptitude of the KHRA's board in dealing with the issue.