Barry Irwin Speaks Out

[the_fat_man]

What's a joke to me is that this is about RACE DAY medication and slip ups with it. So, while just about ALL TRAINERS are using medication, the present focus seems to be entirely on those caught using it on race days -- whether by intent or miscalculation.

Why, then, would I really care WHO GETS CAUGHT, when EVERYONE is training with it? Some 'cheat' MORE than others but the distinction is really one of degree and not of kind.

What might interest me, however, would be a NON COSMETIC effort to ban ALL (enhancing) MEDICATION in the training of horses. I mean, if a horse, say, can't run without bleeding, maybe it really shouldn't be running.

Of course, this could be about as practical as banning medication in all sports. You need the drugs to recover quicker after an injury.

And then it becomes all about spin skills in an increasing hypocritical forum.

[The Indomitable DrugS]

This is pretty funny stuff Irwin has going.

It's as if he's saying 'my trainer, the one time hop artist Pletcher, is now cleaner than Dutrow - I think IEAH should give their horses to him.'

It's enough to make Left Bank, Freedom's Daughter, and Warners all turn in their graves.

[parsixfarms]

Originally Posted by The Indomitable DrugS

It's enough to make Left Bank, Freedom's Daughter, and Warners all turn in their graves.

Come on, give the poor guy a break. Don't you recall the bad grass epidemic that hit Saratoga during the summer of 2002.

[Kasept]

Originally Posted by The Indomitable DrugS

It's enough to make Left Bank, Freedom's Daughter, and Warners all turn in their graves.

Golf clap...

[ateamstupid]

I like that someone called Iavarone's bullshit publicly, even if Irwin isn't squeaky clean himself.

Pot. Kettle.

[ELA]

Not that it matters, and it's certainly not the case here, however, if you give your horses to a "high profile" or "high percentage" trainer, who has a perfectly clean record, no positives, overages, etc. -- there will always be a group of people who scrutinize, critisize, and some who "just know" that they are "doing something" or along those lines.

Eric

Eric you constantly do this. You don't get questioned about your ultra positive/naive view of racing one tenth of what you give to the doubters. It's ponderous.

[Indian Charlie]

Originally Posted by ELA

Not that it matters, and it's certainly not the case here, however, if you give your horses to a "high profile" or "high percentage" trainer, who has a perfectly clean record, no positives, overages, etc. -- there will always be a group of people who scrutinize, critisize, and some who "just know" that they are "doing something" or along those lines.

Eric

And then there are others that like to bury their heads so far into the ground.

Gosh, I guess if someone says they didn't do something they obviously did, they must be innocent!