tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8560898823512627114.post4191316367564644307..comments2024-02-01T00:37:24.768-05:00Comments on PTP: Booting is "Out of Control"Pull the Pockethttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05082676049275768769noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8560898823512627114.post-76036536210114950342013-09-10T07:23:26.880-04:002013-09-10T07:23:26.880-04:00Raced a cheap young horse at Tioga a few years bac...Raced a cheap young horse at Tioga a few years back. Had just bought him from a farmer in Illinois who had his son driving him at the fairs and at Balmoral. In his first start at Tioga he romped in a LT best against a less experienced field than he had faced in the Midwest. On paper, he was much the best. My trainer, a young man who has had an absolutely spotless record, was called in and told he would be watched very carefully. While nothing ever transpired, the judges made it sound like he was guilty until proven innocent. This was in the same month that they made a very questionable DQ because a driver had allegedly slowed the pace.JLBnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8560898823512627114.post-88795644056376915222013-09-09T15:26:06.462-04:002013-09-09T15:26:06.462-04:00Judges do a piss poor job of enforcing rules of an...Judges do a piss poor job of enforcing rules of any type.<br /><br />They have a book in front of them with a long list of rules - not guidelines - rules. Enforce them. Pretty simple. <br /><br />No talking on the track. None. Call it.<br /><br />No giving holes to your friends and then park out the guy coming in from Illinois.<br /><br />No opening the rail because your friend released you to the front and you're all done and he's raging with pace in the pocket.<br /><br />No feet out of the stirrups to kick.<br /><br />As I said, the judges do the sport a great injustice by turning a blind eye to the simplest rules that are broken with great regularity.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8560898823512627114.post-82604141520753822942013-09-09T13:04:41.364-04:002013-09-09T13:04:41.364-04:00Anyone who has ever read the racing rules in his h...Anyone who has ever read the racing rules in his home state knows the judges miss or ignore a lot of rule violations. It's almost like they have a quota and it's much easier to reach the quota by issuing "late for Lasix" or "going through the post parade" fines while skpping the more serious stuff.<br /><br />Many fines here in Pennsylvania are just $50 or $100 and that includes for kicking or booting. Low fines and gigantic purses make it profitable to break rules to help a horse win.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8560898823512627114.post-71733295004459674542013-09-09T12:44:09.461-04:002013-09-09T12:44:09.461-04:00Why do people in power in harness racing have such...Why do people in power in harness racing have such a hard time enforcing rules?<br />Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8560898823512627114.post-23398141861939121852013-09-09T10:02:45.708-04:002013-09-09T10:02:45.708-04:00Maybe you can give Mr. Giwner a call and explain t...Maybe you can give Mr. Giwner a call and explain to him what "kicking" a horse really means (as he seems to think that it involves actually "kicking" the animal, in the traditional meaning of the word). Not saying that allowing a horse to brush a hock against your boot is "legal", but it's disappointing that one of the game's top spokesmen isn't even aware of what actually is happening.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8560898823512627114.post-41488454463128737352013-09-08T17:50:46.395-04:002013-09-08T17:50:46.395-04:00if this was tbred racing it would be like striking...if this was tbred racing it would be like striking a horse in the head w/ the whip. the stewards would not let it go. RRnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8560898823512627114.post-28905746267261375902013-09-08T17:44:54.037-04:002013-09-08T17:44:54.037-04:00+1+1Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com