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Gill May Send String

To Bay Meadows. The only issue would be stall space, say track officials. (Daily Racing Form)

Posted in Owners/Owning on September 14, 2004

Gill: “Willing to Bet Jesus”

Two horses owned by Michael Gill tested positive for the banned sedative fluphenazine, a NYRA steward said last Thursday. Clay’s Rocket and Kalookan Lady, both trained by Mark Shuman, won races at Saratoga on August 8 and 9, respectively. Gill claims the positives are signs of “a conspiracy against his stable supported by the New York Racing Association and its officials,” and “refutes the initial test results, swearing ‘on his five kids’ lives’ and ‘willing to bet Jesus’ that he will be exonerated and suffer no consequences because of the fluphenazine positives.” NYRA officials dismiss the conspiracy charges: “It’s the most ridiculous thing I’ve ever heard. He’s just fantasizing,” chairman Barry Schwartz told the Thoroughbred Times. While it’s unlikely New York will give Gill stalls any time soon, Lone Star Park has assigned him 50 for the upcoming Breeders’ Cup meet.

Posted in Owners/Owning on September 12, 2004

All the Rewards

And risks of horse ownership, at a fraction of the cost. (Times Union)

Posted in Owners/Owning on August 22, 2004

Auctions: Odds Are Stacked

“It is one of those issues discussed in private and kept beneath the rug, but the horse-trading business, laissez-faire to its core, has been a dangerous place for the uninitiated and the not entirely informed for centuries.” (New York Post)

Posted in Owners/Owning on August 12, 2004