SameSteve G said...

I'm sure you remember the veil of secrecy Repole threw around Uncle Mo as to whether or not he had surgery after his win in the BC Juvy.

Good comment. 

Because it shows that there was no transparency before the race.......and there was also none after the race, either. 

U.S. racing is like the vaults from Egypt and Peru where the mummies are unearthed from where they rested for 100s of years, and even once the archeologists dig them up, the anthropologists with high-tech try to analyze the their "secrets".  

And, we are wagering on horses about which we had no knowledge at the time, nor later on, either.     It's almost comedic. 

The justification that Repole employed for keeping fans and handicappers in the dark was if the fans knew what we did to these horses to get them to the track they'd be horrified.

He hasn't improved with age.  

Repole is known for sulking and throwing his toys out of the pram.He needs to get out of the game.

I think Itsaknockout was the Pletcher horse put up in the Fountain of Youth.In the Florida Derby Materialty interfered with Upstart and the stewards didn’t even look at it.It was a total joke.

He threatened to get out of the game.  All talk no action.  

SameSteve G said...

He threatened to get out of the game.

......then spent $950,000 at the auction

And more at another Auction. plus joining a gaggle of many partners.
one way to win at the skin game. I heard look for records for 2 million or more

this year. we'll see.