When will buzzer allegations cease?

[Pants II]

Originally Posted by Danzig

seems an owner flung out buzzer allegations just last summer....people are sore losers. there's no way they chose incorrectly, so obviously something nefarious caused their loss.

Are you trying to get a racing executive job or are you just trolling?

[herkhorse]

Watch the "crosses" that Melancon was throwing on Jump Jump right before Albarado's horse goes by him in the 12th at Fairgrounds on Saturday. I'm not saying he had a buzzer on his wrist in this particular race, but that's how jocks hit a horse with one.

[Danzig]

Originally Posted by Pants II

Are you trying to get a racing executive job or are you just trolling?

not quite sure what this is supposed to mean.

[Calzone Lord]

My father trained at lower-level tracks in the 1970's and 1980's, he told me "about 8 or 9 out of the 40 jocks" would use a buzzer. He said most of them were funny about how they'd carry it.

He had a "machine horse" who he thought benefited from it...he said the jockey who rode his machine horse would have the buzzer handed to him by a pony girl in the post parade.

The craziest buzzer story he had: One time, before a race, the field was loaded into the gate. Once everyone was in, they had basically a sting setup where they asked riders to dismount so they could search them.

One of the jockeys who was carrying a buzzer, instead of dismounting, he zapped his horse, and the horse busted through the gate with him. He was able to get rid of the buzzer, but at the risk of great danger to himself.

[PatCummings]

Was told recently by one jockey that, when turning for home at a track in the US, it was like you were in a beehive.

[pointman]

Originally Posted by PatCummings

Was told recently by one jockey that, when turning for home at a track in the US, it was like you were in a beehive.

Is that because cheating only happens in the US?

[Danzig]

Originally Posted by pointman

Is that because cheating only happens in the US?

yep, just like drugs only given here.

[pointman]

Originally Posted by Danzig

yep, just like drugs only given here.

My guess is that Pat's source is Johnny Murtagh.

[Calzone Lord]

Simple solution to this, if they want to bother.

Every few days, randomly make a couple jockeys dismount before they go into the gate, and search them.

Yes, you'd be treating the jocks like criminals -- but if this actually still is a real problem (which I doubt) -- it will be remedied fast.

[my miss storm cat]

Originally Posted by PatCummings

Was told recently by one jockey that, when turning for home at a track in the US, it was like you were in a beehive.

I find that comment shocking and have no clue if I'm just naïve or what.

[golfer]

Originally Posted by my miss storm cat

I find that comment shocking and have no clue if I'm just naïve or what.

Really? Seriously? You DID NOT just write that you find Buzzers , "SHOCKING"?

[my miss storm cat]

Originally Posted by golfer

Really? Seriously? You DID NOT just write that you find Buzzers , "SHOCKING"?

I thought you'd like that.