my husband could find nothing to watch the other day on t.v.-shocking i know...anyway, he stopped on professional bull riding while flipping and flipping thru the channels, and left it on. at any rate, they were talking to a fellow-cowboy, bull rider, idiot-whatever they call him...he was apologizing profusely, and explaining how he had lost his temper at a bull. i guess the guy got throw, didn't win, and took off his mask and threw it at the bull. my point?
he got an $8500 fine for throwing a 2# mask at a 1/2 ton or so bull...
and we wonder why some trainers thumb their nose at the powers that (supposedly) be in horse racing. we have trainers who fight positives for months, who get $500 fines for milkshaking...who call suspensions vacations...and who are back at it a few days later. they get caught talking to asst trainers, take money they didn't earn for races won on suspension-and we wonder at their nerve.
the day anyone defends dutrow is a dark day. the day steve asmussen got his picture taken with eclipse award in hand was one of the worst ever in this sport. the day those two achieved legitimacy would be two of the worst days seen in this sport. they both managed to get the big horse, and it wiped their slate clean. it makes me sick and pisses me off.
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