Louisiana Downs: Heitzmann fined for paddock altercation
 

http://www.drf.com/news/louisiana-do...ck-altercation

would be awesome if someone like Travis Stone had more of a back story on a gem like this

thanks in advance

-bt-

Damn...wouldn't you have love to seen Janet Del Castillo and Olga Nowak go it at TBD?

Didn't Hawley almost get in a fight with Ducoing a few years ago at Louisiana Downs?

Yeah, you don't usually see that kind of emotion from a trainer after losing a 9yo in a dated nickel.... They're usually throwing a party.

I don't know him at all but I do recall during the brief time I spent in Louisiana that no one seemed to like Wes Hawley

Most recent comment posted under the article. Good drama in the bayou.

carmel6 hours ago

Thank You to all the Owners, trainers, jockeys, jockey agents, gate crew, office personell, valets, backside employees, and everyone else who donated to the collection and raised the money to pay my husbands fine. The ink wasnt dry on the ruling yet before the money was raised. Shows you how disliked that unethical coward is. We've had many claimed from us with no problem, anyone in the know, knows the situation... and knows the parties involved and why this came about.

I'm not saying this necessarily has to do with anything that happened, but the horse, Autobeacat, earned more than $400k in his prime including a few $100k stakes races if I recall. He was with Heitzmann and company the entire time. So, I think it's fair to say it wasn't necessarily an everyday $5k claimer to them.

no more color on that one chuck?

thanks travis

-bt-

Certainly makes a lot more sense - that for clearing that up, Travis