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Sadly A.P. Indy Dies at 31
Died at his farm due to old age. What a great race horse and sire. RIP
Died at his farm due to old age. What a great race horse and sire. RIP
It does seem that Max has his share of troubles down the stretch.
Great article on BloodHorse by Steve Haskin about Maximum Security and his win in the Saudi Cup.
Max a (20) Million: http://cs.bloodhorse.com/blogs/hors.../2020/03/01/Max-a-_2800_20_2900_-Million.aspx
Sadly A.P. Indy Dies at 31
Died at his farm due to old age. What a great race horse and sire. RIP
I was so glad I saw him in January at the open house. He did not look good. They said he was not eating right, and when we saw him, he was standing with his head hanging down lower than usual. I took a picture of him but did not post it anywhere because I did not want to start any rumors. But I was over some fan reports I read about him looking good.
Rest in peace, dear boy. My friend would go see him on his birthday and bring him a horse-suitable and farm-approved cake. He was so polite when he would eat it. (Not anything like my boy Tinner, who buried his whole nose in the cake and made noises we had never heard before!)
Federal prosecutors brought charges against 27 individuals for a far-reaching operation involving performance enhancing drugs, alleging that racehorse trainers, veterinarians and others had manufactured, distributed and received “adulterated and misbranded PEDs and … secretly administer[ed] those PEDs to racehorses,”
Among those charged was trainer Jason Servis, accused of “orchestrating a widespread scheme of covertly obtaining and administering adulterated and misbranded PEDs” to “virtually all of the racehorses under his control.” One of Servis’s horses, Maximum Security, crossed the finish line first in last year’s Kentucky Derby, though he later was disqualified for interference.
Kind of changes the stories, can they go back and rescind victories and placements?
And are you inferring @skipaway that the horses' bodies might have been compromised?
The investigation found that the trainers and vets were able to deceive horse racing regulators by administering PEDs that were “difficult or impossible to detect in anti-PED tests,” some of them unapproved and administered using methods “that can injure and, in extreme cases, kill the horse.” The drugs also masked the horses’ ability to feel pain, causing the animals to overexert themselves during exercise.
Surprising? Not really, if you believe federal prosecutors. As Maximum Security won eight of 10 races and nearly $12 million in purses while passing drug test after drug test, they said, veterinarians falsified records and backstretch pushers promised and delivered cutting-edge chemistry.
At the moment, racing is still going to go forward "behind closed doors" in New York, Arkansas, and Louisiana, but not in some other states. Overseas, racing is also going to go forward behind closed doors in the U.K., Ireland, and Dubai, but not in continental Europe. The Grand National, however, has been canceled.I stumbled on a partial report on Sky News about possibly holding races. All the major tracks have remote operated fixed cameras and the horses need exercise and human care anyway, so...
Does anyone have any info? Or did I imagine this?
Keeneland announced that their spring meet is cancelled.I stumbled on a partial report on Sky News about possibly holding races. All the major tracks have remote operated fixed cameras and the horses need exercise and human care anyway, so...
Does anyone have any info? Or did I imagine this?