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Originally Posted by stonegossard
I am not sure what the hell giving the horse Scope before the race will do, but that's not the point. The point is he was in the detention barn giving the horse something. Thats is a major crime. I think you are missing the point here.
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"a major crime"
What is this an episode of Matlock? He did wrong. He was caught. The horse was scratched. The owners were out some money. He was suspended for a week which is serious money.
What more do you want? It's not like he was caught giving the horse a pair of wings. It was the equivalent of vicks vaporub. BFD.
And yes there probably was thought of the Preakness going into the handing down of the suspension. What if I Want Revenge wins the derby and his trainer is suspended for the Preakness?
I don't know about you but that sounds like a scenario out of Tard Marketing 101. Of course they're going to try everything in their power to downplay this offence and not make a national storyline out of it. It's bad enough we're going to have to endure hours of Eight Belles sob stories on derby day...but now you want this nonsense added to the equation?