Love the horse, but that trainer's irritating

[ELA]

Just more of the same in my opinion. Personally, I think this is nothing more than a shield and sword attitude -- and far too many in the media are using this type of reporting just because they can. It's the melodramatic, theatrical, etc. -- BS! The "claims" and "criticisms" and "finger pointing" all has the gasp element.

So he doesn't like that Dutrow calls everyone "Babe" -- OK, don't speak to Dutrow and he won't call you "Babe", LOL. You don't like his confidence or arrogance -- great, don't report on him, move on, next. There's a cat stuck in a tree on Main Street and I am sure a Pulitzer Prize will come out of that. You don't like the way he sits on a chair at his own barn? OK, got it. Go to someone else's barn and decide if you like the way they sit.

This is not written for people "in the game" so to speak. Of course, an aticle can't be written unless it addresses WINSTROL. What was there to write or report about before this LEGAL drug became the only topic we would ever want to read about? We all know what we get with Rick Dutrow. Let's go over this one more time -- the Winstrol issue is not an issue, yet the media will make it one time and time again. Now let's get this straight -- THIS IS NOT A RICK DUTROW ISSUE . . . It is an INDUSTRY ISSUE and the media is hurting the industry by reporting like this.

This is not a defense of Rick Dutrow. My horses have lost more races to his horses than I care to remember. But that's the game. This type of reporting does not help the game.

Eric