It's About Time

[karlskorner]

Calder management recently authorized an addendum to the track's "house rules " on veterinarians, veterinary practices, and controlled substances, with stiff penalties to await violators, The addendum was compiled and approved by a volunteer committee of track and state veterinarians who began work on the project in July at the suggestion of track management.

Under the addendum a $5000.00 fine and potential ban up to 15 days from the premises for first-time medications, while a second violation would bring a $10,000.00 fine and a potential 30-day ban from the track. A third violation would be met with a $15,000.00 fine and a ban from the track for no less than a year.

It's about time somebody is going after the Vets.

Word about and I have no way to prove it, Rene Douglas was banned from CRC supposedly because he was seen sitting with and talking with "undersirables" last week at a boxing match at Gulffstream Park. Under "house rules" he can be banned.

[cj]

While I agree the vets should be punished, I doubt any of them are doing this as rogues, drugging horses on their own. It is still the trainers that should be held ultimately responsible.

[karlskorner]

The paraphernalia found in the car trunk or barn of the guilty trainer cannot be bought over the counter at your local drugstore, most likely supplied by a Vet.

To correct my post above, supposedly Rene Douglas was seen at a boxing match at The Hard Rock Casino, not GP, in the company of "undersireables".
I suspect the 7 Jocks banned at Tampa Bay were in a similar situation.

The black leather jacket groups are here for the season