The Game

[trotman]

This game that I have played and loved for over 40 years is pushing me away because of instances such as yesterday's 9th race at Gulfstream. Here we have a Navarro horse taking over the lead in the clear and it drops like it was shot by a disgruntled bettor. This miracle trainer is not wanted at Tampa which is not a suspension but a property rights rule and this goes back to last spring when he was caught with levels 300 times the allowable level. Then in May he claims a horse for 5k at Churchill and wins 3 in a row and gets claimed from him only to break down in it's first start for the new owners. They decided to have a vet look at the cause and it was found the horse had no cartilage in it's legs and was probably masked by drugs so the horse felt no pain. And then we have yesterday the poor horse not to mention the rider and all the riders who followed the felled horse had no idea. If Florida does not investigate then the rest of North America should suspend Navarro for life.