Strawbridge on drugs in racing

[pandy]

https://www.thoroughbredracing.com/articles/strawbridge-racing-denial-about-image-problems

[Track Phantom]

A lone wolf with high morals involved in US racing.

[Seabiscuit@AR]

Strawbridge says a lot of good things in that interview

But he also says the funding for drug testing will have to come from the betting dollar. Why can't it come from a tax on studs? They could could put a tax on the service fee

Coolmore got away with paying tax for years, it would only be fair to tax them and their ilk now

[alydar]

Ah!!
The problem, everybody wants change but nobody wants to pay for it.
Not an uncommon problem in life overall.

[lamboguy]

Strawbirdge should pay closer attention to his own "clean" trainers, he might be in for a rude awakening.

[Ocala Mike]

So, why have a stable in the States?

“Because I live here, and I have trainers who don’t drug horses.”

Surprised he would even acknowledge he lives in the US. When I audited his NY State taxes in the early 90's for residency issues, he claimed he "had no domicile" but was a citizen of the world. Finally pinned him down to PA residency, and gave him a "no change" for NY purposes. The 1%ers of the world just have different rules than the rest of us.

PS: One of his horses, trained by JS, ran 2nd in the first at Pimlico today, completing a decent exacta.

[pandy]

Strawbirdge should pay closer attention to his own "clean" trainers, he might be in for a rude awakening.


I think you're going to have a tough time convincing people that Sheppard and Motion are drug trainers. Motion has never had a positive. Sheppard is one of the most respected men in the industry, on both sides of the Atlantic.

[nearco]

Strawbirdge should pay closer attention to his own "clean" trainers, he might be in for a rude awakening.

He mentioned Motion, Shepperd and Matz.
What dirt do you have on those three?
I know Matz has had a violation (overage).

[nijinski]

Strawbirdge should pay closer attention to his own "clean" trainers, he might be in for a rude awakening.

You are correct , they do use permitted meds and Motion supports the use
of Lasix .

[lamboguy]

You are correct , they do use permitted meds and Motion supports the use
of Lasix .those trainer's use a lot more than lasix

[Nacumi]

What do those trainers use "more than Lasix" exactly?