Two months after the defection of Darley's chief operating officer, Oliver Tait, longtime board member Satish Sanan (Padua Stables) has also seen fit to tender his resignation. Sanan cited among his reasons an opposition to openness and transparency among some Board members that degenerated to personal attacks.
IMO Sanan's most telling accusation is: "When you go to meetings, they've already decided what they're going to do," Sanan said. "I think people who have control, The Jockey Club, Breeders' Cup; it's amazing what they've been able to do. They don't like outsiders coming in.
There in a nutshell is why this sport on its own will never be able to come up with a central authority -- too many effing fiefdoms at stake -- which opens the door for government intervention. Both Nature and Congress abhor a vacuum.
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Yet Another Significant Defection From The Breeders Cup Boar
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Yet Another Significant Defection From The Breeders Cup Boar
"He is pure air and fire and the dull elements of earth and water never appear in him; he is indeed a horse ..." Wm. Shakespeare - Henry V
Hi Patuxet,
I agree with Mr. Sanan's position the BC has no right to ban salix in their races because they aren't in agreement with the use of salix, at a track which otherwise allows the use of salix according to the rules of racing. The BC should attempt to work to change the rules of racing and come up with a uniform drug code nationwide. Not simply alter the legal rules of racing because the BC board isn't in agreement with the currently legal salix issue. The Jockey Club is also at fault, it isn't their jurisdiction to alter the rules of racing as it pertains to currently legal drugs. Change the drug rules nationwide, then the BC and the Jockey Club would be doing something meaningful. The BC and Jockey Club have power and money behind them and yet prefer to make their own rules in their own show, rather then to work hard to effect a lasting change in the entire industry. Making a token attempt in denying the legal drug rules in the juristiction they're using for just two BC days once a year....simply creates more controversy and division in the industry over the entire matter of drugs. Changing the rules for their BC races once a year for 2 days, doesn't help change the use of drugs and create a uniform drug code nationwide. TJ
I agree with Mr. Sanan's position the BC has no right to ban salix in their races because they aren't in agreement with the use of salix, at a track which otherwise allows the use of salix according to the rules of racing. The BC should attempt to work to change the rules of racing and come up with a uniform drug code nationwide. Not simply alter the legal rules of racing because the BC board isn't in agreement with the currently legal salix issue. The Jockey Club is also at fault, it isn't their jurisdiction to alter the rules of racing as it pertains to currently legal drugs. Change the drug rules nationwide, then the BC and the Jockey Club would be doing something meaningful. The BC and Jockey Club have power and money behind them and yet prefer to make their own rules in their own show, rather then to work hard to effect a lasting change in the entire industry. Making a token attempt in denying the legal drug rules in the juristiction they're using for just two BC days once a year....simply creates more controversy and division in the industry over the entire matter of drugs. Changing the rules for their BC races once a year for 2 days, doesn't help change the use of drugs and create a uniform drug code nationwide. TJ
hi TJ
Is it unreasonable to suggest that relatively young Farish and not so young Phipps, are but two examples of thoroughbred industry powers (by DNA
) at the helm of a downward trending industry?
Disappointing may be an understatement. Maybe we shouldn't be surprised though...after all, have you EVER heard anyone describe those two fellows as brilliant thinkers or visionaries extraordinaire with exceptional leadership qualities?
Rich Santulli (for example) is a fellow who operates more to my liking, but he (to a degree anyway) seems all too often to be chided (for lack of a better word) by the Farish/Phipps etc industry boys, and largely ignored.
Oh well.
Best to ya.
Respectfully
TJ wrote:Hi Patuxet,
I agree with Mr. Sanan's position the BC has no right to ban salix in their races because they aren't in agreement with the use of salix, at a track which otherwise allows the use of salix according to the rules of racing. The BC should attempt to work to change the rules of racing and come up with a uniform drug code nationwide. Not simply alter the legal rules of racing because the BC board isn't in agreement with the currently legal salix issue. The Jockey Club is also at fault, it isn't their jurisdiction to alter the rules of racing as it pertains to currently legal drugs. Change the drug rules nationwide, then the BC and the Jockey Club would be doing something meaningful. The BC and Jockey Club have power and money behind them and yet prefer to make their own rules in their own show, rather then to work hard to effect a lasting change in the entire industry. Making a token attempt in denying the legal drug rules in the juristiction they're using for just two BC days once a year....simply creates more controversy and division in the industry over the entire matter of drugs. Changing the rules for their BC races once a year for 2 days, doesn't help change the use of drugs and create a uniform drug code nationwide. TJ
Is it unreasonable to suggest that relatively young Farish and not so young Phipps, are but two examples of thoroughbred industry powers (by DNA
) at the helm of a downward trending industry?
Disappointing may be an understatement. Maybe we shouldn't be surprised though...after all, have you EVER heard anyone describe those two fellows as brilliant thinkers or visionaries extraordinaire with exceptional leadership qualities?
Rich Santulli (for example) is a fellow who operates more to my liking, but he (to a degree anyway) seems all too often to be chided (for lack of a better word) by the Farish/Phipps etc industry boys, and largely ignored.
Oh well.
Best to ya.
Respectfully
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TJ wrote: "The BC should attempt to work to change the rules of racing and come up with a uniform drug code nationwide."
Since the conflict exists only within the rules of racing in those few states where the BC elects to stage its races, a nationwide uniform drug code, while highly desirable, seems unnecessary. If just one state with an appropriate BC venue changed its rules the BC races could be contested there annually without conflict.
Best!
Allison
Since the conflict exists only within the rules of racing in those few states where the BC elects to stage its races, a nationwide uniform drug code, while highly desirable, seems unnecessary. If just one state with an appropriate BC venue changed its rules the BC races could be contested there annually without conflict.
Best!
Allison
"He is pure air and fire and the dull elements of earth and water never appear in him; he is indeed a horse ..." Wm. Shakespeare - Henry V
Patuxet wrote:TJ wrote: "The BC should attempt to work to change the rules of racing and come up with a uniform drug code nationwide."
Since the conflict exists only within the rules of racing in those few states where the BC elects to stage its races, a nationwide uniform drug code, while highly desirable, seems unnecessary. If just one state with an appropriate BC venue changed its rules the BC races could be contested there annually without conflict.
Best!
Allison
Hi Patuxet,
Yes, you are correct....and if you read between the lines after Breeder's Cup Chairman Tom Ludt resigned his position to become the new vice president of racing and gaming for Frank Stronach, while still holding a position as director on the Lexington Breeders Cup board. I'd bet Stronach will work to get the drug rules at his tracks, changed to BC specs. In return the Breeder's Cup will end up being held between Santa Anita and Gulfstream Park, both Stronach holdings. In my opinion this is why Gulfstream Park is re-opening for the first time ever in July....so they will all ready have the available racing dates in October when this comes to pass. TJ
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BINGO!
Even before Ludt got into bed with Stronach I suspected something was afoot when 4 of the last six BCs were staged at Santa Anita, two over the late, unlamented synthetic surface. Perhaps those questionable decisions are examples of Sanan's complaint that "When you go to meetings, they've already decided what they're going to do."
TJ makes an interesting point about Gulfstream's unique summer opening. According to this ESPN story Stronach is prepared to make expensive alterations to his garish racino to please the BC.
http://espn.go.com/horse-racing/story/_ ... rs-cup-bid
The corporate counterpoint to Stronach is of course Churchill Downs which hosted the two recent BCs that didn't go to Santa Anita. Churchill's publicly traded stock is enjoying an all-time high and it flexed its racing muscle with a self-serving list of designated Derby preps. I suspect that the "good old boys" on the BC Board instinctively line up behind that entity.
So if the BC races are to be staged without conflict with jurisdictional rules, which of the three states -- CA, FL and KY -- could be encouraged (lobbied? bought?) to change its rules of racing to suit the BC -- and by extension Stronach and Churchill Downs?
Even before Ludt got into bed with Stronach I suspected something was afoot when 4 of the last six BCs were staged at Santa Anita, two over the late, unlamented synthetic surface. Perhaps those questionable decisions are examples of Sanan's complaint that "When you go to meetings, they've already decided what they're going to do."
TJ makes an interesting point about Gulfstream's unique summer opening. According to this ESPN story Stronach is prepared to make expensive alterations to his garish racino to please the BC.
http://espn.go.com/horse-racing/story/_ ... rs-cup-bid
The corporate counterpoint to Stronach is of course Churchill Downs which hosted the two recent BCs that didn't go to Santa Anita. Churchill's publicly traded stock is enjoying an all-time high and it flexed its racing muscle with a self-serving list of designated Derby preps. I suspect that the "good old boys" on the BC Board instinctively line up behind that entity.
So if the BC races are to be staged without conflict with jurisdictional rules, which of the three states -- CA, FL and KY -- could be encouraged (lobbied? bought?) to change its rules of racing to suit the BC -- and by extension Stronach and Churchill Downs?
"He is pure air and fire and the dull elements of earth and water never appear in him; he is indeed a horse ..." Wm. Shakespeare - Henry V