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Old 06-12-2008, 02:43 PM
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Originally Posted by SentToStud
Mr. Dutrow goes to Washington.

On witness list to testify before Hous sub-committee.

Only in America. What a country.

http://sports.espn.go.com/sports/hor...ory?id=3438249
I went to Bobby Rushs' web site and you can only e-mail him if you live in his district so I called his Washington office. They had me leave a voicemail for Christian Fjeld who is the lead for the Dem side in this committe. He actually called me back within 30 minutes and spoke to me for almost 30 minutes. He is a big horse race fan and very knowledgeable about the sport, which did surprise me. He reviewed all the people on the list and reviewed in detail the agenda. Some of the witnesses include Jess Jackson, Randy Moss, Richard Shapiro, Jack Van Berg, Allan Marcell, Arthur Hancock and quite a few from the vet/medical side...Alex Waldrop and Ali Concord were the only names I could get.

A big part of their focus he said was going to be on the health and well fair of low level claimers at smaller tracks, what is their care like, should they be running and what happens to them after they don't run anymore. He specifically brought up Ask The Lord as an example of a horse that will be reviewed.

He welcomes e-mails and opinions at Christian.Fjeld@mail.house.gov

Steve...I think you should try and get him on the show..well spoken, knowledgeable and not a witch hunt, at least that I could tell
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