MAR FIGHT: Stewards hand down rulings/fines

[Princess Doreen]

Originally Posted by gaut10

Obviously, he didnt care about the peck of "trouble" he would find. who knows, maybe these two have a history and it reached a crescendo on Friday. javi shouldnt have been so reckless. Sure, Calvin was prob pissed b/c he was full of horse and about to make a run. Things happen in the heat of the moment. We shouldnt be so quick to condemn someone b/c they had a justifiable altercation with someone who nearly wiped out 2 or 3 horses. So what! it was a scuffle between 2 midgets. the only people who care about it are the pacifists and stupid non racing media.

Bottom line is javier was reckless, no one said he was hateful and that is why he was DQ'd. Jaime Theriot is not known to be hateful, yet his actions had terrible repercussions for rene douglas.

He hasnt asked for the notoriety he has garnered the past few years. While he may not be the most talented jock, he has the respect of the horseman...whether it's 15k claimers or stakes horses, he gives an honest effort, which says a lot more than some jocks.

as for you stats on BC days indicating his decline, there were several high profile jocks who didnt sniff a win at BC like ramon dominguez, martin garcia, javi castellano, jose lezcano, bejarano, alan garcia, and JULIEN LEPAROUX (the other king of kentucky) on much liver horses.

based off your "stats" analogy, I guess guys like bejarano, castellano, leparoux, and dominguez are in decline also!

also, CB has most recently won CD's fall 2009 and spring 2010 meet. So "he cant even handle churchill" is a bit premature, dont you think? Let's wait a while before we conclude that he is declining.

I, too, said on another topic on this same subject that there probably is some history between the two. I suspect Saratoga - not sure.

Someone made the comment that CB sticks up for his peers - or words to that effect. I countered that CB being enraged about his horse being impeded. He wasn't going to bat for anyone but himself.

And, while Castellano's action was careless, no horse went down and no one got hurt. Calvin may have won the race - maybe not.

As to the other jockeys who didn't fare well, that doesn't factor into the debate. Calvin is supposed to Mr. Churchill. He had 8 shots at it both days and couldn't nail a win. Isn't he expected to do better at CD than other jockeys? He went in Friday with 7 0-0-0.

But, you're right - let's wait and see how he handles the CD meet. Maybe he can keep his title of "one track jockey".

And, the altercation he provoked has absolutely nothing to do with my opinion of him declining in ability. Two separate issues.