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Originally Posted by Cannon Shell
If owners would simply put their feet down and say that one mistake puts you on thin ice and a second violation causes the horses to be moved, you'd see a lot less pushing of the envelope and a lot fewer violations.
For some reason some owners seem to believe that there are only 4 or 5 trainers out there that can do a good job and win races. By looking the other way, they are the real problem....
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Chuck, I agree with you completely on the owners' culpability in this. Now that there's a finding against Biancone (they can no longer hide behind the "he's only been accused" defense), I'm looking to see if any of the Schwartzes, Finleys, and Lakins of the world pull their horses from Biancone. Contrary to Schwartz's comments about how he found Lady of Venice's performance to be inexplicable, I suspect that these owners have at least got to suspect why their horses have not performed "up to standards" since this episode began. The same goes for other trainers who have seen their performance decline markedly in the past few months.