[Kasept]

Originally Posted by cowgirlintexas

Is there something your not telling us? I hav'nt heard anything "bad" about this guy.. Do tell.... I thought this was a "feel good" story.

It really isn't. I don't want to re-hash this, but McCarthy is a creep. You can find the original thread around the Blue Grass where I mentioned that he basically stuck it to Mark Miller who trained the horse for McCarthy through the winter.

Here's Haskin's appreciation of Miller:
http://www.bloodhorse.com/horse-raci...llers-time-too

And here's the post-Sam Davis article just so McCarthy remembers what he said then...
http://www.kentuckyderby.com/2009/ne...bles-sam-davis

General Quarters has now bankrolled $167,735 from a record of 9-2-3-1. He made a winning debut last May at Churchill Downs for a $20,000 tag and was promptly claimed by McCarthy. A distant sixth in the Bashford Manor S. (G3) next time out, he toiled in allowance company last fall and only came around after McCarthy sent him to Miller at Tampa. In his two starts for his new trainer, he finished second to Top Seed in the Inaugural S. and to Musket Man in the Pasco S.

"I'm just real proud of him," Miller said. "He proved a lot today. Mr. McCarthy got him in Kentucky; I was stabled next to him in Kentucky, and that's how we met. He sent the horse down here to me, and he just loves it here. He loves the track; this is the best place to be in the winter time. The track surface, the people, the atmosphere... the horse just loves it. And that's all we're trying to do -- keep him happy. He seems to be on the improve."

"I'm the groom," McCarthy said. "I'm out here every day, and we (Miller and McCarthy) work as a team. I sent General Quarters down to Mark, and we correspond, and when I got down here, I just started rubbing him.

"He's the best groom I've got," Miller interjected.