Pathagan wrote:Crazykid wrote:then what ever you do dont forget that richard mandellas horses tested positive for a drug 50 times stronger than anything ever found in dutrows horses.
the rule is clear the trainer is responisible but mandella got it thrown out. and everyone acts as if mandella is this hay and oats trainer the same trainer who ran a horse who had been nerved trying to get the horse claimed in arizona the only state in the country where nerved horses are allowed to run. what ever you think about dutrow, his horses get the besat care of any trainer at saratoga/belmont/aqueduct. they absolutely stand out in the post parade and always look the best and best behaved too.
100% FACT (re:Mandella). King of the Vet List himself has more 6-figure yearling purchases running for maiden 8's up North than anyone I've ever seen.
Mandella's phone call to Jed Josephson: "Jed, can you get me Russell Baze on that maiden claimer I'm sending you?"
i am enjoying life, weekends are mine to live like a normal person, looking back i lost many years of my short life chasing a big LIE at the racetrack 
i am in a better place now, wish i never started 
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