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Valuist
08-31-2004, 08:32 PM
http://www.drf.com/news/article/58662.html

Toby Sheets is the replacement trainer at AP and Scott Blasi at Saratoga. Don't know who's pinch hitting at LaD.
garyoz
09-01-2004, 03:43 PM
Improves the odds a lot with Blasi listed as a 0% trainer at the Spa. A lot of casual bettors at the Spa, who think they know how to read the form. Shake the Dice paid 4 to 1 in the second on 09/01. Undoubtedly still using the same Asmussen training "methods" & the same Vet.
PurplePower
09-03-2004, 07:15 PM
Originally posted by Valuist
http://www.drf.com/news/article/58662.html

Toby Sheets is the replacement trainer at AP and Scott Blasi at Saratoga. Don't know who's pinch hitting at LaD. Torey Blanchard at Louisiand Downs
Terry Mathiasen at Retama Park
Valuist
09-04-2004, 01:20 AM
Purple-

Thanks for the info

It didn't take long for Sheets to strike big. He had 2 two year old first timers in the 7th at Arlington. One a 35-1 shot, the other a 25-1. The 35-1 shot wins with the 25-1 shot second. A $2 exacta returns a crisp $718 and change. I wonder what the payoffs would've been if Asmussen was listed as the trainer of record??
Equineer
09-04-2004, 06:00 AM
The way trainer suspensions are served draws frequent criticism. During suspensions, it's business as usual while the trainer runs horses under the name(s) of licensed assistant trainer(s). This really dilutes the deterrent aspect of suspensions. It also exasperates players who aren't familiar with assistant-trainer names.

What if suspensions worked this way... during suspensions, the earned purse percentage for training would flow to the assistants rather than the suspended trainers?

True, you probably are thinking, how could such a deal be imposed on owner/trainer relationships?

Well, it probably couldn't be imposed, but think of how such a scheme would restore the deterrent force of suspensions and promote self-policing. Trainers would be more hesitant to break rules and suffer real consequences... and they would certainly be ready to get rid of assistants who precipitated suspensions, either through negligence or by design.