Chapa gets 5 year ban

[Danzig]

seems roman chapa got caught with a buzzer. can apply for reinstatement in 2012.

dummy.

seems a shame that a cheating trainer can get caught numerous times, get's anywhere from a two week to six month 'vacation' while someone subs, and then right back to it, and a jock gets five years for having an illegal object. yes, he should be punished, but why do trainers get it relatively easy??

[Cannon Shell]

Originally Posted by Danzig

seems roman chapa got caught with a buzzer. can apply for reinstatement in 2012.

dummy.

seems a shame that a cheating trainer can get caught numerous times, get's anywhere from a two week to six month 'vacation' while someone subs, and then right back to it, and a jock gets five years for having an illegal object. yes, he should be punished, but why do trainers get it relatively easy??

If you catch a trainer with a needle in his hand administering a class 1 drug than they should get the same sentence. However, there are also mitigating factors in the case of a trainer being that it is almost impossible to monitor every horse 24 hours a day and the chain of control of the samples being tested is also beyond their control. Anyone who thinks that labs or vets do not make mistakes is dreaming.

Hitting a horse with an electrical device has a whole lot less circumstance surrounding it.

[Danzig]

Originally Posted by Cannon Shell

If you catch a trainer with a needle in his hand administering a class 1 drug than they should get the same sentence. However, there are also mitigating factors in the case of a trainer being that it is almost impossible to monitor every horse 24 hours a day and the chain of control of the samples being tested is also beyond their control. Anyone who thinks that labs or vets do not make mistakes is dreaming.

Hitting a horse with an electrical device has a whole lot less circumstance surrounding it.

that's true.
but when you have a trainer who repeatedly gets caught, then what?

[Cannon Shell]

Originally Posted by Danzig

that's true.
but when you have a trainer who repeatedly gets caught, then what?

I agree that a trainer who is a repeat offender, even with relatively minor violations, gets off easy. There probably should be a system similar to a drivers license points system that after a certain number of points accumulated, the penalty gets more severe. And I do believe that any violation with a Class 1 drug is a pretty stiff penalty. (though I am not sure what will happen about our French buddies case)

I bet that chapa's his a**. LOL so punny.

[Habersham000]

Chapa wrote at Arlington a couple summers ago and rode very well...sad to see this guy have to go this low to win races...he has gotten seriously hurt a few times maybe he isn't the ride he once was physically.