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10-04-2007, 12:51 PM
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I bet that chapa's his a**. LOL so punny.
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10-04-2007, 02:47 PM
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Chapa wrote at Arlington a couple summers ago and rode very well...sad to see this guy have to go this low to win races...he has gotten seriously hurt a few times maybe he isn't the ride he once was physically.
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10-04-2007, 05:30 PM
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The guy has been absolutely beaten up. I thought he had retired. Desperation... the guy actually has a family to feed. So I guess its pretty much over for him. Probably without a dime to his name. We passed the hat for the poor guy after he got all his ribs busted up cause he could not pay his medical bill. Still inexcusable.
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10-04-2007, 07:52 PM
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10-04-2007, 08:51 PM
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Alot of the reason that they are so harsh on guys getting busted with a gaff is that the feds want to get involved and call it raqutering(sp) , and so on . They used to have a rule in New Mexico that if a jock got busted with a machine and it was proven that the trainer knew he went down the road also , I dont know if that rule still applies.
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10-04-2007, 09:38 PM
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I'm sorry to hear this, was wondering what happened to him. I played golf with him once in Hot Springs when he was riding at Oaklawn. He had a good meet a few years ago riding for Assmusen. He won a million $ race at Louisiana Downs (Mr. Jester?). Sad to see it come to this for him, as he was once a pretty good rider. He used to be a top jock at Lone Star riding for Danny Pish. If it was a case of him needing money that sucks, but cheating is not the way to go. Some trainers do seem to get away with alot more. Five years is a long time. I'm not making excuses for him, but some of these guys come from nowhere and risk there lives every day. It's a crazy way to make a living.
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10-05-2007, 12:33 AM
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I heard this rumor two years ago. I was part of a group that claimed a horse at Lone Star from a high profile trainer (NEVER do that again). We had the horse checked out thoroughly and didn't seem to be going thru any drug withdrawal.....but the horse could never run back to her Lone Star form.....when "Trainer A" and Chapa worked their magic. I think it would be naive to believe the trainer didn't know what was going on.....in fact it could've been at his/her insistence.
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