OntheRail
07-22-2011, 11:32 PM
Thought I'd post this... how often does this happen?
(Snip-it from Go Erie)
Doug Salvatore: Horse ran under wrong name at Presque Isle Downs
Presque Isle Downs & Casino bettors were subjected to a dazzling display of ineptitude before the third race July 13 involving both the track horse identifier, John Perez, and the operation of leading trainer Jamie Ness.
The race was an event restricted for 2-year-old Pennsylvania-bred maidens with a $39,000 purse -- and it drew just four betting interests. Only a single horse in the field had ever raced before.
I was in attendance that day and recall more than a few fans approaching me with wisecracks about how uninteresting a betting race it was.
One of the horses entered was an unraced 2-year-old Pennsylvania-bred named Rome Is Freezing. He had only three lifetime published workouts, and only a single workout in almost four weeks. However, Rome Is Freezing's debut would have to wait. He was left behind at Delaware Park.
Instead, fellow Ness-trained 2-year-old Rapid Rampage was shipped in to compete under the name Rome Is Freezing in a race he wasn't eligible to enter because he is a Kentucky-bred.
"It was an honest mistake," Ness, 36, said Thursday. "Both horses look a lot like each other. They're both kind of slow in the morning, too."
More At....
http://www.goerie.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=2011307219865
Now the charts still reflect that Rome is Freezing ran at PID even though he did not. I'd be PO'd if I bet this race. So if they do not change things Rapid Rampage would still be listed as un-raced.
Rome is Freezing
http://www.equibase.com/premium/eqbHorseInfo.cfm?refno=8593587®istry=T
Rapid Rampage
http://www.equibase.com/premium/eqbHorseInfo.cfm?refno=8589464®istry=T
What Say You?
(Snip-it from Go Erie)
Doug Salvatore: Horse ran under wrong name at Presque Isle Downs
Presque Isle Downs & Casino bettors were subjected to a dazzling display of ineptitude before the third race July 13 involving both the track horse identifier, John Perez, and the operation of leading trainer Jamie Ness.
The race was an event restricted for 2-year-old Pennsylvania-bred maidens with a $39,000 purse -- and it drew just four betting interests. Only a single horse in the field had ever raced before.
I was in attendance that day and recall more than a few fans approaching me with wisecracks about how uninteresting a betting race it was.
One of the horses entered was an unraced 2-year-old Pennsylvania-bred named Rome Is Freezing. He had only three lifetime published workouts, and only a single workout in almost four weeks. However, Rome Is Freezing's debut would have to wait. He was left behind at Delaware Park.
Instead, fellow Ness-trained 2-year-old Rapid Rampage was shipped in to compete under the name Rome Is Freezing in a race he wasn't eligible to enter because he is a Kentucky-bred.
"It was an honest mistake," Ness, 36, said Thursday. "Both horses look a lot like each other. They're both kind of slow in the morning, too."
More At....
http://www.goerie.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=2011307219865
Now the charts still reflect that Rome is Freezing ran at PID even though he did not. I'd be PO'd if I bet this race. So if they do not change things Rapid Rampage would still be listed as un-raced.
Rome is Freezing
http://www.equibase.com/premium/eqbHorseInfo.cfm?refno=8593587®istry=T
Rapid Rampage
http://www.equibase.com/premium/eqbHorseInfo.cfm?refno=8589464®istry=T
What Say You?