PETA undercover in Asmussen's barn - Whoa!

[Danzig]

Originally Posted by Jay Frederick

It is because of the tape. Were people calling for him not to show up before the tape?

it is because of the tape, the report...and the investigations being conducted right now by nyra and kentucky. i'm sorry you think it's only about the tape, and not what the tape revealed.


and you want to fix the system. well, then let's start right now, with asmussen being ruled off the track while two racing entities conduct thorough investigations into very serious allegations.

[Jay Frederick]

Originally Posted by Danzig

it is because of the tape, the report...and the investigations being conducted right now by nyra and kentucky. i'm sorry you think it's only about the tape, and not what the tape revealed.


and you want to fix the system. well, then let's start right now, with asmussen being ruled off the track while two racing entities conduct thorough investigations into very serious allegations.

What did the tape reveal other than Scott Blasi swears a lot?

You can't deny someone a livelihood because you don't like them. Doesn't work that way on the real world.

[dellinger63]

Originally Posted by Jay Frederick

What did the tape reveal other than Scott Blasi swears a lot?.

It showed Blassi talking about Santana using a buzzer. Yet Asmussen is being investigated. It does show him falsifying SS#'s and that is why I posted the US Dept. of Labor should be involved instead of NY or KY racing offices. However that's a hot potato no one wants any part of.

Originally Posted by Jay Frederick

You can't deny someone a livelihood because you don't like them. Doesn't work that way on the real world.

Not sure Paula Deen would agree

[Jay Frederick]

Based on what we saw in the tape it is impossible to know the context of the buzzer talk.

Paula Deen is an apples to oranges comparison.

[dellinger63]

Originally Posted by Jay Frederick

Based on what we saw in the tape it is impossible to know the context of the buzzer talk..

Is it enough to start an investigation?

Originally Posted by Jay Frederick

Paula Deen is an apples to oranges comparison.

Because she's not part of the real world?

[Jay Frederick]

I don't recall anyone denying Paula Deen her right to work. She still has a thriving restaurant.

Apples to oranges.

Good luck with that buzzer investigation.

[DaTruth]

Baffert was also mentioned in the NYT article about the PETA video.

In a recent investigation into the sudden deaths of seven horses trained by Bob Baffert from 2011 to 2013, the California Horse Racing Board found that Baffert was giving thyroxine to all of his horses whether they had thyroid problems or not. Baffert, a Hall of Fame trainer, said he stopped using the drug last March after the seventh horse died.

I suppose that Baffert should turn his Derby prospects over to other trainers now in anticipation that PETA may have a press conference about the thyroxine issue during Derby week. Maybe PETA can supply a list of approved trainers.