very good crowd on sunday. monday a bit slow but showers. tonight at 7. ggod card and some races under the lights, a rare thing now in maine. a bloming onion for dinner and a cold one for the races.

In the meantime, here’s a quote from Gilbert Garcia Herrera, who retired from racing a few years ago:

I'd like to see everybody treated equally. Some people get positive tests and it gets washed under the rug. A lot of people get high tests and they just forget about it. That disappoints me. Everyone should get the same penalty all the time. Some people get an appeal and work under the appeal for years. That's stupid. Some people make mistakes and some people do things on purpose, and I'm guilty too, just pay the price and move on. You know if you give something to a horse and the rules. You know that potentially you can get caught. Be a big man and pay the price . . . I had a couple of positives for Robaxin [April & May 2014]. I had two in one year. They gave me 15 days and I took it. I went to Boston for a week and took a little vacation since I couldn't be at the farm.

when Lou Pena first starting getting suspensions almost 20 years ago--GGH was one of his first beards

both old friends from Cal expo

he did very well

I won't question Ronnie's decision, if she wins he's a cheat, if she loses he's an idiot. Looks like another 20 mil plus season. You will see Loua Dipa again.

I expect he plans on winning the Jugette.

in 1991 Miss Easy tried the boys in The M1 Pace

she faced Precious Bunny in her elim-finished up the track and was never the same again

sometimes it screws up the mindset of the filly