NYRA Suspends Baffert
 

Why didn’t Maryland do that?
Grow a pair and tell Bob to piss off.

I don’t know but does Baffert even intend to enter any horses at NYRA tracks at any point in the immediate future (maybe Charlatan in the Met Mile or others on Belmont Day?) If not, the suspension is largely symbolic until more definite terms are attached to it.

Still, I applaud them.

so nyrs bans baffert on monday 5 /17
 

if medina spirit wins preakness what is nyra doing on 5/17?
i d bet not banning bob baffert

I’ll take things that don’t matter for $500 Alex

$500 is not an option. Even numbers $200 through $2000.

Baffert has averaged about 4 or 5 starters on Belmont Stakes Day in the past several years.

This year, Charlatan, Gamine, Hozier, As Time Goes By, Defunded, and maybe Roadster could have conceivably started.

But the one that will hurt the most (if the ban holds) is probably Du Jour, who is primed for the big money in the NY Turf Triple.

So it’s not purely symbolic. Even better. I like that it applies to him and anyone employed by him. The practice of allowing assistant trainers to enter horses when the top trainer is suspended is one of the most ridiculous things in horse racing.

Du Jour might be a pretty nice horse. Not including him in my derby day pick 5 cost me around $3k.

Damned if you do....damned if you don’t I guess. If they don’t ban, they get criticized. If they do...the timing of it isn’t enough for people.

Tough crowd

It’s been what — 8 days since the news was reported on Medina Spirit’s failed test? That’s not unreasonable.

And if they made this announcement before the Preakness, how much attention does it take away from that race? And how much does it undermine the Stronachs who determined he would be able to run horses there? Not that NYRA necessarily cares about them but it’s probably not the best idea to rain on the Preakness’ parade for no reason.

no its not damned if you do
 

or damned if you dont,,have the balls to do it b4 the preakness,,pretty simple,,,you would have got the question wrong for 500 ny the way

I agree. There’s likely zero chance they would have banned a horse aiming for the TC.

I missed your posts criticizing Pimlico for not banning him. Could you point me to them?

They’re banning him and losing the probable favorite for the Met Mile in doing so.

I don’t see why it makes a difference when it was done. It was done. I realize not everything is up to your lofty standards but the reality is it took a lot of balls to ban him, regardless of when it was done.

Why does it matter though? Because it wasn’t quick enough for you?

Pimlico didn’t ban him. Santa Anita didn’t. Whether the intelligista of the board acknowledge it or not, banning the face of the sport is a ballsy thing to do.

wrong again
 

nyra dropped the ball,,,,as did pimlico

Dropped the ball even though he didn’t run a race at a NYRA track over the weekend.

Makes perfect sense.

Nyra played it cozy

You’ve always been an unbiased observer.

Safe to say you’ve probably criticized NYRA over a hundred times on this board and who knows how often on the train wreck twitter account of yours. How many times have you given them kudos?

Over/under is 5 and I love the under. Not $20 win/place kind of love, but you get the point.