MAR FIGHT: Stewards hand down rulings/fines

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Originally Posted by Princess Doreen

The definitive word of what went down was "Unprecedented". Stuff like this happens all the time in horse racing. Are you recommending that horse pilots act like hockey pucks every time they get bogarded? Someone with a more level head, like Garcia, would have just left it to the stewards who handed down a tough sentence to Castellano - his horse DQ'd, $2500 fine, and 6 days suspension. Why did CB feel he had to seek justice - was it going to change anything other than to get his butt in a peck of trouble?

But, my stats on his races both BC days speaks volumes for how much of a decline this guy is in. He can't even handle Churchill anymore, and he doesn't seem to be cutting it anywhere else either.

Oh, yeah, just sayin'...

Obviously, he didnt care about the peck of "trouble" he would find. who knows, maybe these two have a history and it reached a crescendo on Friday. javi shouldnt have been so reckless. Sure, Calvin was prob pissed b/c he was full of horse and about to make a run. Things happen in the heat of the moment. We shouldnt be so quick to condemn someone b/c they had a justifiable altercation with someone who nearly wiped out 2 or 3 horses. So what! it was a scuffle between 2 midgets. the only people who care about it are the pacifists and stupid non racing media.

Bottom line is javier was reckless, no one said he was hateful and that is why he was DQ'd. Jaime Theriot is not known to be hateful, yet his actions had terrible repercussions for rene douglas.

He hasnt asked for the notoriety he has garnered the past few years. While he may not be the most talented jock, he has the respect of the horseman...whether it's 15k claimers or stakes horses, he gives an honest effort, which says a lot more than some jocks.

as for you stats on BC days indicating his decline, there were several high profile jocks who didnt sniff a win at BC like ramon dominguez, martin garcia, javi castellano, jose lezcano, bejarano, alan garcia, and JULIEN LEPAROUX (the other king of kentucky) on much liver horses.

based off your "stats" analogy, I guess guys like bejarano, castellano, leparoux, and dominguez are in decline also!

also, CB has most recently won CD's fall 2009 and spring 2010 meet. So "he cant even handle churchill" is a bit premature, dont you think? Let's wait a while before we conclude that he is declining.