Life at Ten

[Princess Doreen]

Originally Posted by The Indomitable DrugS

Very early on one of the commentators suggested that.

Pletcher is not to blame for anything.

He thought she was "quiet" and "almost sedated looking" while being saddled. Big deal. Are trainers supposed to order horses scratched because of how they have behave in the saddling area?

ESPN showed a picture of her being saddled - and both Johnny V and a handler were both petting her and playfully smacking her shoulder to try and wake her up.

The first problem was when she got on the racetrack and first tried to refuse to warm up - than stumbled a few times in her warm up.

The second problem was when Johnny V. is telling the ESPN guys she's not warming up well at all.

The third problem was five minutes later - when the camera came back to Life At Ten and Bailey asked Johnny V. if she's doing any better and Johnny V. tells ESPN "No. Not really." Bailey asks what's wrong - and all Johnny V. says is "I'm not sure"

With all of those warning signals, JV should have made the decision to dismount. Did he really think he was going to win or hit the board with a horse that was growing worse as the seconds ticked by?

This is mind boggling. I wonder what kind of inquiries are being made about this.

I would have thought a whole lot better would come from both TAP and JV when presented with a situation like this.