Joe Orr Road Rod wrote:
There are so many issues in the world right now that a guy lighting up a horse seems pretty minor, but yesterday was as bad as anything I've seen in racing. He took this horse and had it so cranked it could have run twenty miles without getting tired. Both of his horses were so jacked up on whatever was in them that they were wheeling and spinning in the paddock like Tasmanian devils. It would have been justice if Authentic had actually killed Baffert in the winner's circle. No, I don't feel bad that Thousand Words broke Jimmy Barnes's hand.
At this point I'm not sure what can be done about this. We've allowed this dope to become the face of racing. We have a sport/business that is on life support as it is. For the general public to realize that the "greatest" trainer of his generation is a complete fraud would be devastating. It's not like kicking out Jorge Navarro because he batted 75% in claiming races at Monmouth. This is like Lance Armstrong or Barry Bonds.
I may be the only guy in the world that thinks Tyson biting off Holyfield's ears was deserved. Don't come in the ring against one of the greatest boxers ever all juiced up so that your eyeballs are popping out and maybe the great boxer won't have to bite you.
And you take a truly great horse like Tiz The Law, trained by a square guy, and watch him run his guts out desperately trying to chase down what amounts to an unstoppable machine, it's really kind of heartbreaking.
If true, he is a despicable human being. I worked at the Dog Track in West Memphis, AR in the early 90's while in college. I worked in a kennel and it was well known that some trainers would heat up their dogs for the stakes races.
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Baffert, GOAT. 
