Originally Posted by oracle80

Its pretty obvious to anyone with half a brain that Baffert wasnt the only one in error here. But i guess having half a brain isnt a requirement to post on a message board.
1) They only fined him 500 bucks. tell you what, if the guard hadnt acted improperly when this occurred in some fashion, the fine would have been very severe, maybe even a suspension.
2) Situations like this happen a lot at the track.Altercations between indivuals. You will note that in all of these situations the stewards rule immediately!!! This took place two months ago and they just put this out? Wanna know why? Cause they didnt want this coming out druing the Tri Crown and have all those reporters asking Baff what happened so he coudl tell them exactly what went down. They waited weeks(probably called bob and kissed his ass and apologized for what happened and said we just want this to go away) so that it would be a back page story.

Not hard to see that Baffert was in error for ripping off the badge. Also not hard to see that he never would have done this without provocation or arrogance on the guards part. He was definitely treated rude or provoked or the fine would be 10 grand along with a little suspension. Use your brains.