Zito's barn isolated as precaution/herpes

#1 11-08-2006, 05:20 PM

http://www.drf.com/news/article/80356.html

Nick has to be absolutely angry right now.

paisjpq · #2 11-08-2006, 05:23 PM

WOW. I understand the motivation behind this of course but that really su cks for the Zito barn. I hope that the track told him that they were going to do this before he allowed the horses to ship in...otherwise that is total crap management.

#3 11-08-2006, 05:25 PM

I'd pay good money to have a tape of the scene when he was informed of this. I'm quite sure it wasn't pretty, to say the least.

paisjpq · #4 11-08-2006, 05:27 PM

seriously, if the track told Nick ahead of time that they would quarantine his barn if he allowed the horses to ship in I think he would have figured out another option, which says to me that he just got totally hosed by management.

I just hope that they really DO get the results by Friday...

Cannon Shell · #5 11-08-2006, 05:29 PM

Scary stuff. Could shutdown racing on the whole east coast if this crap keeps spreading.

paisjpq · #6 11-08-2006, 05:32 PM

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Originally Posted by Cannon Shell

Scary stuff. Could shutdown racing on the whole east coast if this crap keeps spreading.

which begs the question...how did those horses that were released from the hospital gain admission to Belmont? why not force them into quarantine somewhere else? I realize that the chance of them being sick is slim but in the interest of preventing spread it does not make sense to me that they would allow any horse that MIGHT have ANY exposure onto ANY track.

Kasept · #7 11-08-2006, 05:29 PM

Joe Orseno joining us on ATRAB right now for latest on Monmouth herpes situation..

http://www.attheracesandbeyond.com Click: LISTEN (left corner)

paisjpq · #8 11-08-2006, 05:46 PM

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Originally Posted by Cardus

It couldn't be that Zito has a little bit of a temper, now would it?

he's a lamb....

#9 11-08-2006, 05:48 PM

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Originally Posted by Cardus

It couldn't be that Zito has a little bit of a temper, now would it?

No, not him, never.

#10 11-08-2006, 06:38 PM

Zito is on his way down anyway. He is starting the Lukas downward spiral. In about 10 years, we will be talking about how good he once was.

#11 11-08-2006, 07:02 PM

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Originally Posted by eurobounce

Zito is on his way down anyway. He is starting the Lukas downward spiral. In about 10 years, we will be talking about how good he once was.

Your a ****ing idiot most of the time, do you realize that?

#12 11-08-2006, 06:44 PM

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Originally Posted by DaHoss9698

I don't know about this one. He just had his most successful Saratoga meet in a long time if not ever.

Yeah I know--but he will fall my from the heavens. No fault of his own, just the way things work. I like the guy. I really really do. I will never forget the time he and I went to the movies during Derby week in 1996. Funniest thing ever. I told him that night that LQ was going to win the Preakness. Nick is a super man and a great trainer, but he is starting the begin of his decline.