Linda Rice

[freddymo]

Originally Posted by Dahoss

I’m not sure probably until her appeal is over.

What do you think is fair?

Max a year suspension. Remember it took two to tango, and if other trainers were wetting their beaks as well, which I think is likely the playing field wasn't as slanted as if it was just her. This is white-collar cheating and should be dealt with with a stern hand. You want her to "sling hash" the rest of her life because she bought employee X 1000 amazon gift cards when the max employee X was allowed to receive was 50 bucks. I don't know she made some awful choices, but she wasn't hopping horses up. She cared for the athletes well. I am assuming she paid her help reasonably well, nor was she defrauding owners. Give her 6-12 months in the penalty box set an example to her and the staff, and IMO that is a healthy compromise. Not everybody has H Graham's accent, Atras's alchemy. Rice has been a reasonably good look for the sport. I would not be thrilled to see her slinging hash vs training horses.

[Dahoss]

Originally Posted by freddymo

Max a year suspension. Remember it took two to tango, and if other trainers were wetting their beaks as well, which I think is likely the playing field wasn't as slanted as if it was just her. This is white-collar cheating and should be dealt with with a stern hand. You want her to "sling hash" the rest of her life because she bought employee X 1000 amazon gift cards when the max employee X was allowed to receive was 50 bucks. I don't know she made some awful choices, but she wasn't hopping horses up. She cared for the athletes well. I am assuming she paid her help reasonably well, nor was she defrauding owners. Give her 6-12 months in the penalty box set an example to her and the staff, and IMO that is a healthy compromise. Not everybody has H Graham's accent, Atras's alchemy. Rice has been a reasonably good look for the sport. I would not be thrilled to see her slinging hash vs training horses.

You’re assuming a lot.

She’s been suspended for medication violations before Freddy. She was defrauding her fellow trainers.

I’m not saying she should be slinging hash either but she’s also no friend to bettors with the endless scratching of horses.

[RolloTomasi]

Originally Posted by Dahoss

You’re assuming a lot.

She’s been suspended for medication violations before Freddy. She was defrauding her fellow trainers.

I’m not saying she should be slinging hash either but she’s also no friend to bettors with the endless scratching of horses.

There was a bit of a blow up a couple years back when she dropped Kid Cruz--a multiple graded stakes winner of nearly $800K, and her only Triple Crown starter to date--in a mid-level claimer and watched him pull up bad and get vanned off (a claim was voided).

Has a relatively high number of fatal injuries over the past 10 years as well.