NYRA Suspends Baffert

[Dahoss]

Originally Posted by cmfhb411

https://www.paulickreport.com/news/t...expected-soon/

https://www.paulickreport.com/news/t...AVDT1YqFt4VJos

https://www.nyra.com/belmont/news/ny...ds-bob-baffert


Conclusion: the timing of taking action against both Rice & Baffert
on 5/17/2021 can NOT be legitimately viewed as coincidental.

NYRA gets credit for doing something that other jurisdictions should have before.
But a calculation was OBVIOUSLY made here.
They knew they had to discipline Rice, but knew they couldn't do so
if Baffert or any other trainer in similar circumstances had a TC within reach.
NYRA couldn't suspend Rice before Preakness Day and not do anything to Baffert.
THERE WOULD HAVE BEEN NO WAY TO EXPLAIN THAT.
Medina Spirit lost the Preakness.

NYRA jumped on the opportunity to take action.

Yet still, the bettors always come first........unless we don't.

NYRA didn’t suspend Linda Rice.

The NYSGC did. They are not the same.

Baffert and Linda Rice have nothing to do with each other.

[Dahoss]

Originally Posted by cmfhb411

fair enough, but you believe no one at the NYSGC and NYRA speak to each other.

Got it.

I have no idea if they do. Nor do you.

But I do know that one has nothing to do with the other. Medina Spirit possibly going for a Triple Crown has nothing to do with Linda Rice’s penalty for things she did YEARS ago.

There’s no connection. ZERO