Asmussen article-Good Reading!

[brianwspencer]

Wow, I don't know what to think of that -- but it was a good read either way.

[ARyan]

"He did admit that he had ordered two other drugs that were illegal on race day—one to increase endurance and another to reduce bleeding in the lungs. The horse had also been given Lasix, a legal anti-bleeding medication that most horses run on. Perhaps the vets had made a mistake, injecting mepivacaine when they meant to administer another drug."

So what he is trying to tell us....

He is a cheat, but not as big a cheat as we want to make him out to be...

What a joke...


Then the last quote...

"People who say I'm a cheater? Well, that's the dumbest thing I ever heard," he says. "On average, mine cost a 100 [thousand], yours cost 10 [thousand], and you're wondering why I'm beating you? It ain't any kind of drugs or anything else. The horses are just faster."

What an ass...

[philcski]

Originally Posted by ARyan

"He did admit that he had ordered two other drugs that were illegal on race day—one to increase endurance and another to reduce bleeding in the lungs. The horse had also been given Lasix, a legal anti-bleeding medication that most horses run on. Perhaps the vets had made a mistake, injecting mepivacaine when they meant to administer another drug."

So what he is trying to tell us....

He is a cheat, but not as big a cheat as we want to make him out to be...

What a joke...


Then the last quote...

"People who say I'm a cheater? Well, that's the dumbest thing I ever heard," he says. "On average, mine cost a 100 [thousand], yours cost 10 [thousand], and you're wondering why I'm beating you? It ain't any kind of drugs or anything else. The horses are just faster."

What an ass...

I can't stand this line. Vets are paid (handsomely) to NOT make mistakes. Might as well have the groom do it for much less money if they're injecting the wrong drugs.

[Sightseek]

Originally Posted by philcski

I can't stand this line. Vets are paid (handsomely) to NOT make mistakes. Might as well have the groom do it for much less money if they're injecting the wrong drugs.

While I don't trust the entire situation, doctors are paid handsomely as well and they still make mistakes.

[Danzig]

Originally Posted by Sightseek

While I don't trust the entire situation, doctors are paid handsomely as well and they still make mistakes.

wonder how many times a doc can screw up before he loses his license?

[Sightseek]

Originally Posted by Danzig

wonder how many times a doc can screw up before he loses his license?

So do you think the vet should have lost his license as well because of what Asmussen said?

[Mortimer]

Well I did read it.




Here's how I look at it....it's simple.

Where there's lots of money...there's lots of cheating.






I mean it jest don't git much simpler 'in 'at.

[Danzig]

Originally Posted by Sightseek

So do you think the vet should have lost his license as well because of what Asmussen said?

i was referencing what you said about doctors messing up.

BUT, yes, the vet should be investigated. asmussen said he asked for a couple illegal drugs, and got the one he wasn't looking for...well, according to him.

but far be it from me to call him a liar, i mean i'm sure he is pure as the driven snow in every one of those almost two dozen positives.


'i'm just a victim of coicumstance....'

[Sightseek]

Originally Posted by brianwspencer

Wow, I don't know what to think of that -- but it was a good read either way.

My exact feelings.