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Originally Posted by Rupert Pupkin
It costs the trainer a ton of cash when they get a 6 month suspension. They don't get any of the purse money. I always figured that the assistat trainer would secretly give them the money, but they can't do that. If they got caught, they could lose their license. You don't want to mess with a racing board when it comes to these types of things because I have been told that they can check bank records and that type of thing. I don't think the trainer is supposed to have any contact with the barn. The racing board can check phone records and that type of thing.
With regard to your question about whether the suspension will effect the performance of a barn, it can have a big effect. I think it depends alot on how hands on the head trainer is in the first place. If he is very hands on, then it can have a big effect. Sometimes the assitant is as good as the head trainer, but often times he is not.
I think that Asmussen's absence has made a big difference in terms of the performmance of first-time starters. Blasi is only winning at a 9% clip with first-timers. I think Asmussen was at around 20%.
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Common he can pay Assmusen legaly by saying he did work for him on the side away from the track and cut him a check. Phone records?? Its not aginst policy to talk to someone that is suspended. Lets see he can mow my lawn for 20K a week, everyone sees what I am getting at. Plus how do you think Meche end up on Appealing Zophie??