tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1266573065584680131.post8776141496410676172..comments2023-05-23T06:58:05.579-04:00Comments on Fugue for Tinhorns: Dutrow suspension sends a bit of a messageGlenn Cravenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09760553404742644042noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1266573065584680131.post-49305525896801548162009-07-08T16:42:02.471-04:002009-07-08T16:42:02.471-04:00Good response, Glenn. I wanted to point out the sa...Good response, Glenn. I wanted to point out the same. In the justice system there are ramifications for this kind of behavior, too. <br /><br />I'm the last one to defend the KHRC's doping policy and the first one to call their amount of self-glorification ridiculous (given that they have come to a 6-5 decision to dole out a punishment that at the end of the day is still extremely soft by International and ethical standards).<br /><br />However, there is a difference between appealing a sentence because you disagree with it and doing so just to stall the process. I find it absolutely okay to add to the punishment in cases where "stalling" was obviously the only reason for an appeal.<br /><br />Plus, even if they are easy targets - the likes of Ziadie and Dutrow (to only name today's hot candidates) are more than deserving targets. They deserve to be booted out of this sport, and it doesn't have to be a soft kick.malcerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02913127739083446726noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1266573065584680131.post-1774480794001185402009-07-08T11:38:21.800-04:002009-07-08T11:38:21.800-04:00Another interesting point.
Certainly there needs ...Another interesting point.<br /><br />Certainly there needs to be an appeals process anytime someone stands the risk of being punished for his actions. But you're right that the system can only be "worked" if it allows itself to be "worked."<br /><br />By the same token, it's hard for Dutrow or his supporters to make much of a case that he's getting jobbed. If a guy's an "easy target" it's because he's made himself one; built a reputation over the years of doing just this sort of thing.<br /><br />It is not dissimilar from how the U.S. criminal justice system works. There are procedures and policies designed to serve the public interest while protecting the rights of all involved, from victim, to law enforcement, to the accused. But some defense attorneys are better than others at stringing the system along, until they run into the sort of judge who puts a stop to it, sometimes by giving a harsher sentence than the defendant might have gotten if he'd just accepted his punishment and not wasted the court's time.Glenn Cravenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09760553404742644042noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1266573065584680131.post-79129412338115344002009-07-08T06:04:02.621-04:002009-07-08T06:04:02.621-04:00Seems a little ridiculous to punish Dutrow for &qu...Seems a little ridiculous to punish Dutrow for "working the system" when the system permits him to do so--if it's the system that's the problem, then change it. How can you fault a person for taking advantage of the opportunities that the commission offers him?<br /><br />Dutrow is far too easy of a target here--I wonder how if they'd taken a similar action with a trainer who'd done what he did.Teresahttp://www.brooklynbackstretch.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1266573065584680131.post-50641778443967390352009-07-08T04:05:50.769-04:002009-07-08T04:05:50.769-04:00Indeed it's hardly a harsh penalty. Thirty day...Indeed it's hardly a harsh penalty. Thirty days and, as you note, assistants will saddle the horses and otherwise pretty much business as usual.<br /><br />Reform comes in baby steps, I guess. Baby steps.Glenn Cravenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09760553404742644042noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1266573065584680131.post-51454434761742767382009-07-08T03:02:47.140-04:002009-07-08T03:02:47.140-04:00While its nice to see that Dutrow will have to sta...While its nice to see that Dutrow will have to start his horses under an assistant trainers' name 30 rather than 15 days, it's alarming that he was just one swing voter short of not even getting that.<br /><br />Its better than nothing, better than usual even, but its still a fairly minor penalty, and Dutrow's horses will still be allowed to start.<br /><br />Still a long road ahead...<br /><br /><br />On a sidenote: It wouldn't be the Prawdahor.., err Bloodhorse, if they hadn't added an overly enthusiastic second story to this article, culminating in the words "Finally everyone is starting to understand there are a certain number of management problems, but on the outside we are running a clean show."<br /><br />Sure, how could they not?malcerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02913127739083446726noreply@blogger.com