Churchill 5th.. 12yo mare off 9 year layoff?

[freddymo]

Originally Posted by Cannon Shell

Passing a trainers test is frighteningly easy. She has to be licensed or the commission will catch it, though that is more of a mater of getting their $150 bucks, not any competence factor. I believe that in KY if you only train your own horses you dont even have to take the test. In any event it isnt exactly the bar exam.

I will admit that the NY steward (no longer there) who first licensed me didnt require me to take a test. He said, "How long have you worked as an assistant for Jerkens?" I said, "almost 6 years". He said that's enough for me, get workers comp insurance and we will give you a license.

Not to mention the hundy you slipped him..

[Cannon Shell]

Originally Posted by freddymo

Not to mention the hundy you slipped him..

That was the maitre'd at Saratoga, not the Stewards

[Thoroughbred Fan]

Originally Posted by Cannon Shell

That was the maitre'd at Saratoga, not the Stewards

We used to call that guy "The Claw", becaue his money grubbing claw was always out if you wanted a table where you could actually watch racing. I've never seen a jacket pocket bulge like his. He was making more money than the track itself. Great gig until he got busted.

[Merlinsky]

"When Costello was laid off, according to Trontz, she asked to take the horse with her, and he agreed." http://www.drf.com/news/article/109010.html

Seriously? It never occurred to him that someone recently laid off might not be a good person to sell a horse to? What did he think she was gonna do to get feed? Barter with belly button lint? I appreciate not every trainer's gonna be very well off, especially in the beginning, but I have more money than she does right now I'm gonna guess and I have the sense to know I can't afford a pleasure horse at the moment, nevermind a racehorse. Maybe she did us all a favor and got her reputation for being clueless out there before she did some actual damage to that mare or anybody else's horse.

[Danzig]

courtesy of drf:


Grand Forks to work for vet

Grand Forks, the 12-year-old mare who was a late scratch Wednesday at Churchill, was scheduled to breeze while being watched by a state veterinarian Saturday morning at the Thoroughbred Training Center in Lexington, according to chief steward John Veitch.

Grand Forks has not raced since August 2000. Veitch informed owner-trainer Kathleen Costello about 12 minutes before the fifth race Wednesday that even though she had complied with all posted requirements to make the horse eligible to run, he was invoking his discretionary powers to request that Grand Forks have at least one workout before a state vet prior to being approved to race.