Dutrow Suspended for 14 Days(For Communicating with Barn)

[Danzig]

perhaps fines should be figured %-wise. todd pletchers fine being 1k for example wouldn't hurt as much as a small trainer paying the same fine.

[blackthroatedwind]

Originally Posted by Danzig188

perhaps fines should be figured %-wise. todd pletchers fine being 1k for example wouldn't hurt as much as a small trainer paying the same fine.

You probably can't legally get into a selective prosecution.

[Danzig]

Originally Posted by blackthroatedwind

You probably can't legally get into a selective prosecution.

no, i'm not saying selective...i'm saying instead of a set amount, could they put that you would be fined in percentages of your total purses won, rather than a set amount?

[blackthroatedwind]

Originally Posted by Danzig188

no, i'm not saying selective...i'm saying instead of a set amount, could they put that you would be fined in percentages of your total purses won, rather than a set amount?

I'm not a lawyer, and I don't play one on television, but I doubt it would hold up.

[Danzig]

Originally Posted by blackthroatedwind

I'm not a lawyer, and I don't play one on television, but I doubt it would hold up.

but did you stay at a holiday inn express last night?? lol thanks for answering, just bouncing ideas...

[Cannon Shell]

As I said a few months ago, when I got suspended in 2001 all the ruling said was that I was denied the privliges of the grounds, nothing more or less. Nothing else was written, said or implied.

[paisjpq]

Originally Posted by Danzig188

perhaps fines should be figured %-wise. todd pletchers fine being 1k for example wouldn't hurt as much as a small trainer paying the same fine.

disclaimer: I do not know what I am talking about...

but I was told by our lawyer when i ran my condo association that we would be better served legally if we made late penalties and fines a percentage of our dues...that way when dues were raised the fines would automatically go up as well...instead of having to revisit the fines schedule every time the dues went up...also they were less easy for a homeowner to challenge the amounts (don't ask me why)

I would think that the same could be true in racing...

I am trying to find any written rules on what a trainer can and cannot do during suspension... anyone see anything.. I just read all of DE rules and nothing was there...

I have never heard of these rules... Scott Lakes signs have been up since day one at Gulfstream!
Putting a call into a friend in Ny on the board... will let you know