ct2346 wrote:Spare me. If all it requires is denial, then lets let Cibelli (and George Zimmerman) off too. Your simple minded belief in due process is mind numbing. This is nothing more than Claiborne influence at work. People need to own their barn. Rules are rules.
The whole point of that article, which I doubt you read fully, is that the rules are BS so following them is like playing 3 card monty.
Simple minded? Due process requires evidence, pumpkin. Uh, pretty sure nobody gets away with 'I didn't do it officer'. Nobody believes that even when it's true. Usually they stall (no pun intended) and eventually get suspended days that amount to a toothless sentence. I don't doubt that there's a lot of backseat training that goes on by suspended trainers, in fact I bet it's the norm. It's not like owners do much to stop it. No incentive.
Owning your own barn in a non-lockdown situation? Who's the one who's naïve? Generally, they're not in quarantine, they're not in a detention barn. Life at Ten didn't even get a post-race blood test like she should've had. It's keystone cops trying to be consistent about monitoring. Sometimes grooms contaminate by accident. Trainers gotta go home eventually. The track should be responsible for preventing unauthorized access, and it's not like they do it perfectly. Didn't they find a dead body at Churchill not that long ago? It's not like it's completely squared away. What, are you gonna frisk everyone going in and out of the barn? Make them all use hand sanitizer going and coming? A secret password? I bet at the Ramsey barn it'll be "The kitten flies at midnight."
You're the one with the numb mind, dear. Spare you? You have no idea of the facts or the policies, the science, none of it. If you did, you'd consider this a win. Joe Drape is probably your hero whenever he writes those ill-informed medication articles during the Triple Crown or Breeders' Cup. Keep drinking that Kool-Aid.