My opinion on Asmussen

Originally Posted by Danzig188

yet another example of why there should be ONE national overseer. none of this state by state b.s. with everyone making their own rules. there should be one set of rules, there should be consistency in how violations are handled. no way should one trainer get a month, another six months, and yet another who gets off on appeal, all because the three occurred in different states. this is a national sport, it should be handled as such.

You are preaching to the chior on this one...Why should Louisiana officials have the power to prohibit Asmussen from running anywhere else in the country for 6 months?...Does this really make sense?

There absolutely needs to be a national governing board for take action on whether or not Asmussen or any trainer would be eligible for punishment outside of Louisiana....this is too much power to give the politically corrupt state of Louisiana...I am from the state and love it with all of my heart, but I've seen bad Louisiana politics long enough to know how to spot it when I see it...Unfortunately, it happens regularly around those parts...

Joel I'm not trying to start a fight with you but I have to note the favortism you show Asmussen here and point out your lack of objectivity which undermines your credibility.
Now I agree with you and have posted that this is complete nonsense as far as the Asmussen situation goes. I don't know Steve, have only spoken to him on the phone a few times, but I know he is one brilliant guy and a fantastic horseman. Yet he has almost the same profile as Dutrow and ironically just got the same EXACT positive that Dutrow got two years ago. How can you bash Dutrow and defend Steve? I defend both and think that if you are objective you either have to condemn both or defend both.

Originally Posted by oracle80

Joel I'm not trying to start a fight with you but I have to note the favortism you show Asmussen here and point out your lack of objectivity which undermines your credibility.
Now I agree with you and have posted that this is complete nonsense as far as the Asmussen situation goes. I don't know Steve, have only spoken to him on the phone a few times, but I know he is one brilliant guy and a fantastic horseman. Yet he has almost the same profile as Dutrow and ironically just got the same EXACT positive that Dutrow got two years ago. How can you bash Dutrow and defend Steve? I defend both and think that if you are objective you either have to condemn both or defend both.

I'm not neccessarily defending Steve or saying that he is a 'saint'...yes, oracle, he has a similar reputation between many serious horseplayers as Cole Norman, Dutrow, Frankel and many others do...the point I was making was that it would take a blatant intent or something far serious in my eyes for Louisiana officials to lay down such a crazy suspension.....that is all I'm saying here.

For them to suspend him for that long over the circumstances - and yes, I know very clearly Asmussen's history in LA (remember I am a La-Bred) - I just feel like it is very suspicious. Do you really feel that based on what you know that the punishment fits the crime?...If so, then you should also feel that your boy Peltcher should have gotten more than 30 days for a similar recent infraction, right?

The basis of my argument is that 6 months is completely asomine..

[Danzig]

Originally Posted by Cunningham Racing

You are preaching to the chior on this one...Why should Louisiana officials have the power to prohibit Asmussen from running anywhere else in the country for 6 months?...Does this really make sense?

There absolutely needs to be a national governing board for take action on whether or not Asmussen or any trainer would be eligible for punishment outside of Louisiana....this is too much power to give the politically corrupt state of Louisiana...I am from the state and love it with all of my heart, but I've seen bad Louisiana politics long enough to know how to spot it when I see it...Unfortunately, it happens regularly around those parts...

my husband is from louisiana...yeah, i understand about preaching to the choir.
of course this is the same governing body who sat a jock for a year because they felt he didn't ride a horse to win in a qualifying race. was it a meche? can't remember....but seems LA likes to hand out very harsh sentences, at least to some. it's a shame that LA has such a bad rep as being so corrupt. hell, how else explain nagin winning re-election??