Life at Ten

[HaloWishingwell]

The best Pletcher can do is tell Velazquez is to warm her up well? That idiot should have given specific orders.....if she doesnt feel right to order a scratch from the vet. Pletcher knew he was sending dogmeat to the track and just sat back and watched. He is the trainer of the horse and responsible for her well being. Today TAP stands for Totally Arrogant Prick

[MaTH716]

Originally Posted by HaloWishingwell

The best Pletcher can do is tell Velazquez is to warm her up well? That idiot should have given specific orders.....if she doesnt feel right to order a scratch from the vet. Pletcher knew he was sending dogmeat to the track and just sat back and watched. He is the trainer of the horse and responsible for her well being. Today TAP stands for Totally Arrogant Prick

I agree that Pletcher is probably the biggest fall guy here. But based on your scenario (and I'm guessing that Chuck would probably be able to answer this). Assuming you feel that the horse is in no real danger, do you ask the owners what they want to do in this spot? They are at the gate of what will probably be the biggest race of their lives and you're really not sure what, if anything is really wrong with her. She's been training/acting great all week, maybe it's just the lights. Could the owners have said, we're here and let's just run her?

[Linny]

A vet at the gate is probably looking for unsoundness but LAT was not unsound. She appeared to be sick, not lame.
When she was led back after being unsaddled, she was blowing HARD even though she had just jogged across the line. She looked like she'd just set a track record.