Lake bankrupty

[Split Rock]

Originally Posted by Kasept

There is a trainer that frequents this Forum who was stretched to $400,000 in training bills by an owner. I know another who was stretched to nearly $700,000. Both likely faced professional bankruptcy as an option.

Since none of us know one iota of the circumstances surrounding Scott Lake's professional financial situation, I'd suggest withholding any judgement about the 'classiness' of the parties involved.

If you don't care for Lake because of his record of rules violations, that's fine, but it provides no insight into whatever forced him into the situation he's dealing with. I've met Lake exactly once and don't know enough about him to have an opinion.

And as an aside, when it comes to 'classlessness' there isn't much worse than kicking a guy when he's down. I'll venture to guess that within the next 12-24 months, there won't be a single one of us that aren't familiar with at least one friend, family member or business associate that will be in the same position as Lake is today.

While I agree with taking the high road in similar situations, Scott Lake is hardly deserving of such compassion. This man singlehandidly set a torch to the game of horse racing with his complete disregard to rules or animal welfare.

Not sure how or why the man got into this situation but one must consider Karma to play a part.

Basically, it is hard for me to root for a guy to prosper under the conditions in which he works from. Since he cheats and has done so at unprecedented levels for many years, he, for lack of a better term...deserves what he got.