PETA undercover in Asmussen's barn - Whoa!

[Danzig]

Originally Posted by my miss storm cat

Just wanted to say yes I agree, they will whether he is there of not.

That said it's a question of scale.

If he isn't there? Some of these...



... a small but very vocal group of protesters, a bit of coverage.

If he is there though?

Whoa it has the potential to get very ugly very quickly and his mere presence will show anyone who cares to pay attention that the sport, as a whole, does NOTHING when confronted with issues such as this.

Again, I respectfully agree with Danzig's post above.

thanks again.

but, the bigger problem than if he's there on derby day....
why are these trainers given pass after pass? why do owners hire them? when will the sport do something? or does it only say it will do something, but not really do anything, because they don't want to irritate the owners? they have (in some cases) pretty deep pockets. if they take their dough and go home, that hurts racing. but so do crooked trainers.
the trainers who cheat don't just affect derby day...they don't just have an affect when peta has a video. it's a constant problem, day in and day out at tracks everywhere.

asmussen isn't the problem. he's one of the symptoms of the problem.
why don't owners understand that there are good quality trainers without the clouds of suspicion? that you can win while doing it right?

does anyone think peta didn't know what they were doing by going after this particular trainer? people say 'oh, it's peta' because what else can they say? they did well in choosing who they chose. anyone who tries to defend the guy is going to get called out for defending someone who is a repeat offender of the rules of the sport.