Fasig-Tipton July sale

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Originally Posted by sumitas

http://news.bloodhorse.com/article/46167.htm
Take notice of the non-chalant comments about steroids in yearlings made by Jay Em Ess Stable's Samantha Siegel and West Point's Finley. One wonders if this ambilance about doping extends to their racing stable.

Remember, 22 buyers do not agree with the status quo statements from Siegel and Finley.

I wouldn't necessarily dimiss their comments as nonchalant...they are pretty much right, you can usually tell which ones have been given something and which ones haven't. And they both said that they would test if they were suspicious.

[sumitas]

From the bloodhorse article...
“We did test horses from the 2-year-old sales and did not have a positive,” Finley said. “I think the message is out to the industry, and I think these people are being on the conservative side. I think it is very positive and I think it is going to help overall. You always hear about these 2-year-old consignors who get these horses down to them in October and they are 100 pounds lighter than they were in August and September. “

To be fair Finley was more balanced in his response than I initially perceived. But, that's why we have our dialogue.

Now on to Saratoga for some more wheelin and dealin.