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![]() Fried Rice?
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![]() I don’t think it was harsh at all. She paid clerks to give her names and past performances of horses that were going to enter races that she was considering entering for YEARS.
She was cheating. This should be a deterrent to other trainers to not do the same thing. If we are serious about seeing the game change for the better and the bettor, these kinds of people need to have the book thrown at them. |
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Generally, though, I agree that they should penalize trainers that don’t play by the rules and actually hold them accountable. There is a major lack of accountability for cheating trainers.. I do see that Baffert was also suspended by NYRA today though didn’t see the details on how long that will be. |
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I've met her a couple of times and she has always been super nice, but very competitive. I knew people that had horses with her a long time ago. In her defense, I would say her competitive nature coupled with a very tough industry to be a highly successful woman led to many of her decisions. I'm sure this will be appealed and I hope they treat her fairly. I'm no expert on what the punishment should be. Despite what may be dubious actions on her part, I think she is a very good trainer. |
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Given the rampant drug use in the sport, I am curious if she was using the information to avoid “supertrainers,” which still wouldn’t make it right but would be understandable. |
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![]() Rice herself served a 30-day suspension and La Verdad was disqualified from a Grade 2 win the same year the horse won an Eclipse because of a medication violation.
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![]() Not at all. It's fact. She been in the game over 20 years. The fact that you can't accept that she faced bias is amazing tunnel vision. She still made bad decisions. I'm not a perfect person and I don't expect it from anyone else. Show some empathy and act like you have made mistakes before.
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I do not have empathy for cheaters. You apparently do, as long as you can draw some inane assumption that she got picked on for being a female. That makes it all okay-dokey. Ok, dude. You be you. |
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![]() And a lousy actual person.
3 years too light. Lifetime ban seems appropriate. The game either has integrity or it doesn't. I hear a lot diners can't find help. I'm sure she could sling hash. |
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![]() Really? Sling hash? Have a heart. Ya think some of our "favorite" trainers never got a heads up on a horse entering or not?
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![]() Bottom line, she is a cheater and a thief.
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![]() Exactly. It's tantamount to race fixing. She has an edge knowing class, running style, preferred surface, etc. of her competition before deciding which horses to enter where. It gave her an decisive advantage moving up horses as well. It amazed me how she always seems to hit at like 40% for the first week or so at Saratoga - mystery solved. |