Trainer Quotes from Monday's action

[The Indomitable DrugS]

Originally Posted by Cannon Shell

Two things
1. Trainers of beaten favorites often need to deflect attention to outside influences to try to distract the owners from firing them and giving the horse to Pletcher or Dutrow (when he returns from Carnivale)
2. I'll bet he wont be signing the same tune if he draws post 1 in his next race.

I hear ya.

However, it's so refreshing when a trainer is a straight shooter, and takes responsibility for a decisive tactical mistake that leads to a loss.

An example, with Rick Violette, who's 3-year-old filly Dream Rush lost an ALW race at 3/10 odds in late Jan. Violette took full blame for the loss, rightly saying his instructions "handcuffed" Bejarano and cost him the race.

Next time out, the Violette filly broke slow, was sent, and went wire-to-wire to an impressive score in the Old Hat Stakes, leaving Dreaming of Anna badly in her wake.

From a bettors standpoint, it gets pretty annoying when you constantly see jockeys and trainers blaming everyone but themselves, for tactical errors they make.