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Originally Posted by postpicker
ARCI for the first time asked that a trainer have his license revoked. Sabini, who was on the board of ARCI when the letter was sent, had the power to make it happen in the end. The easiest thing would have been Sabini recuse himself from these proceedings so the conflict of interest or an appearance of it would not have been there for the Dutrow camp to use in an appeal. But now Dutrow camp can claim he had his mind made up prior to hearing and he wanted to be there to fulfill the ARCI agenda. Personally, he should have removed himself from these proceedings because the result of a suspension would have still happened without Sabini involved, just who knows if the penalty would have been the same. Officials have removed themselves in the past to make sure there is no appearance of a conflict of interest. In NY, Braulio Baeza Jr. is one of the 3 stewards. Whenever his mother-in-law, Janice Blake Baeza is riding a race, Braulio removes himself from the race so no one can accuse him of conflict of interest if something needed to be decided by stewards. Dutrow camp will claim, why Dutrow. Why not anyone else since then. Why not anyone else before him. Sabini may have overplayed his hand here by staying on and being part of the decision making process. In the end, it is up to a judge to see if everything was done right and if he decides for Dutrow, then it can really get ugly for some people.
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But I dont think it matters John. Sabini was only one vote. The hearing officer who is supposedly neutral recomended a harsher penalty. Why Dutrow? Who else has a record like his? And no Asmussen and Pletcher dont have a record of willful violations like Dutrow. Hell he falsified his license application 3 times. What other state issued professional license wouldn't be revoked with a record similar to Dutrows? Think if you had a liquor license and had 64 violations you'd be keeping it? Or a CDL? Or a Doctor? Or lawyer? Not to mention what lawyer who thinks he has a legit case plays his hand in the public before even filing an appeal?