NYSRWB Installs Strict Protocols for Belmont Stakes Horses

[Kasept]

Originally Posted by HaloWishingwell

Does anyone know the last time NYRA used this stakes barn?

There were general detention barns for 5 years -- not a stakes-specific detention barn -- whose use ended after the Belmont meet in July 2010.

There is a stakes horse barn at Saratoga for ship-ins.

[OldDog]

Dale Romans, the trainer of Kentucky Derby third-place finisher Dulluhan, was upset about having to move to the detention barn.

"They're basically saying we're all a bunch of crooks and they're gonna make sure we're not gonna do anything illegal," Romans said. "These decisions are made by people who probably never stepped foot on the backside."

http://www.drf.com/news/belmont-stak...ther-alpha-out

[pmayjr]

If there wasn't so much scrutiny on O'neill maybe there'd be a conspiracy theory about these new rules being put in place and Alpha conveniently coming down with a fever and scratching ;p