Ringer's

[JIDGE]

Ok fair enough.
I have not been to Yonkers since the days of Haughton and Dancer.
So please fill me in on today's Yonkers.
Who picks a claimed horse up at the draw gate?
Who takes it to the test barn?
Who strips the harness?
Who gives the bath?
Who signs the blood ticket?
When and how exactly do you switch out this hot sweaty horse for the one that has been standing in a bath stall the last few hours?
How do you get the bath stall horse to the test barn and make him look like he just raced?

Who takes it to the test barn?
Who strips the harness?
Who gives the bath?
Who signs the blood ticket?

Although present, successful claimant does not take possession of horse until all above has been completed by previous owner.

[JIDGE]

There used to be a guy that was a master of putting ringers in.

He would bring the $10,000 claimer in have his tattoo read & take blood,,, a hot groom would flirt with the guard showing some cleavage as old man Kleinmen would start a argument outside the guard shack.  They would then bring in the $60,000 claimer in who looked identical at 15-1 and run off the screen. The real $10,000 claimer would be put in a wash stall and be brought back into the piss barn.

The question is,,, was the piss catcher in on the wager?

Never happen today. Too many moving parts and variables involved -- even at a C track. This is straight out of a Bowery Boy's movie. Since tattoos you could never pull this off -- besides the risk for a horseman would be astronomical.

[Mazola]

Never happen today. Too many moving parts and variables involved -- even at a C track. This is straight out of a Bowery Boy's movie. Since tattoos you could never pull this off -- besides the risk for a horseman would be astronomical.

Bowery Boys  Good one!