The Michael Gill/Penn National Riders Saga

[Sightseek]

Originally Posted by freddymo

The message is OK the person its coming from certainly isn't the greatest ambassador racing has ever known.IMO

So who is qualified in your humble opinion?

Well then she is forgiven.

I'd rather have a blatant scumbag than a deceptively smart one who kicks the dumb scumbags when they're down.

[The Indomitable DrugS]

Originally Posted by richard

Ms Moss is clear and correct. Be a positive force in the industry or get out now.

Ever heard of Burton Sipp....?

http://www.boston.com/sports/other_s...in_the_saddle/

he only started more horses at Thistle last year than any other trainer or owner.

If every owner who isn't "a positive force in the industry" was made to get out ... you would have a whole lot fewer owners ... and a good percentage of them would be snobby types who know next to nothing about horse racing. Not that there's anything wrong with those type of owners.

[freddymo]

Originally Posted by Sightseek

So who is qualified in your humble opinion?

The message is fine..coming from her is a bit too much to stomach.

[Scav]

Originally Posted by freddymo

The message is fine..coming from her is a bit too much to stomach.

Exactly.

Maybe Moss is pulling for a Judge Judy type racing show on TVG that will center around unsavory types at the racetrack.

[randallscott35]

Originally Posted by freddymo

The message is fine..coming from her is a bit too much to stomach.

Not too many saints as owners in this game....Whether she found Jesus or not on this, she isn't Paragallo saying this.

[Scav]

Originally Posted by Coach Pants

Maybe Moss is pulling for a Judge Judy type racing show on TVG that will center around unsavory types at the racetrack.

That would be an unbelievable show. What a great idea!

Originally Posted by Scav

That would be an unbelievable show. What a great idea!

The Sarge could be Bailiff.

[Scav]

Originally Posted by Coach Pants

The Sarge could be Bailiff.

!!!!

[The Indomitable DrugS]

Originally Posted by randallscott35

Not too many saints as owners in this game....Whether she found Jesus or not on this, she isn't Paragallo saying this.

Moss is another action fiend like Gill ... but infinitely harder to dislike.

She does go above and beyond to help horses.

Her letter was silly posturing.

[Kasept]

Penn barring Gill horses pending review
By Marty McGee

Penn National Race Course is continuing to refuse to permit horses owned by Michael Gill to race, pending results of the necropsies that have been performed on two Gill-owned horses who broke down last week at the Grantville, Pa., track.

"Until we have a meeting to review those results and have a chance to talk to Mr. Gill about them, we are declining to accept entries of his horses," Chris McErlean, vice president of racing at Penn, said Wednesday. "I would expect that meeting to happen before this week is out."

Gill, the New Hampshire-based mortgage broker who won the Eclipse Award for top owner in 2005 and led all North American owners in wins last year, has had at least six horses sustain catastrophic injuries at Penn since Oct. 1. The situation came to a head Saturday night when Penn jockeys refused to ride after the fifth race, when the Gill-owned Laughing Moon broke down shortly after the wire. It was only after the one remaining Gill horse on the card was scratched that the jockeys agreed to continue riding.

Meanwhile, trainer Darrel Delahoussaye, who trained a sizable string of horses for Gill at Penn but no longer works for him, disputes Gill's version of how they parted ways. Gill said Monday that Penn "wanted me to give Darrel up to keep my stalls," but Delahoussaye said in an e-mail to Daily Racing Form that he spoke Sunday morning to Gill and told him he was going out on his own "because of all the controversy."

Likewise, said McErlean, "in no way did Penn make any such demands" for Delahoussaye to be fired so that Gill could retain the 49 stalls he currently has at the track.

[jms62]

Originally Posted by Kasept

Penn barring Gill horses pending review
By Marty McGee

Penn National Race Course is continuing to refuse to permit horses owned by Michael Gill to race, pending results of the necropsies that have been performed on two Gill-owned horses who broke down last week at the Grantville, Pa., track.

"Until we have a meeting to review those results and have a chance to talk to Mr. Gill about them, we are declining to accept entries of his horses," Chris McErlean, vice president of racing at Penn, said Wednesday. "I would expect that meeting to happen before this week is out."

Gill, the New Hampshire-based mortgage broker who won the Eclipse Award for top owner in 2005 and led all North American owners in wins last year, has had at least six horses sustain catastrophic injuries at Penn since Oct. 1. The situation came to a head Saturday night when Penn jockeys refused to ride after the fifth race, when the Gill-owned Laughing Moon broke down shortly after the wire. It was only after the one remaining Gill horse on the card was scratched that the jockeys agreed to continue riding.

Meanwhile, trainer Darrel Delahoussaye, who trained a sizable string of horses for Gill at Penn but no longer works for him, disputes Gill's version of how they parted ways. Gill said Monday that Penn "wanted me to give Darrel up to keep my stalls," but Delahoussaye said in an e-mail to Daily Racing Form that he spoke Sunday morning to Gill and told him he was going out on his own "because of all the controversy."

Likewise, said McErlean, "in no way did Penn make any such demands" for Delahoussaye to be fired so that Gill could retain the 49 stalls he currently has at the track.

Nothing like throwing someones livelyhood under the bus without any thoughts. Mr. Gill is very easy to dislike.

[MISTERGEE]

Why do I see the Beatties dancing in my head?

[randallscott35]

Originally Posted by jms62

Nothing like throwing someones livelyhood under the bus without any thoughts. Mr. Gill is very easy to dislike.

But of course.

It's their right but Guilty until proven Innocent is bulls.hit.

[Duvalier]

Originally Posted by MISTERGEE

Why do I see the Beatties dancing in my head?

Freddymo...you better straighten them out. That's twice now they got you. Nice run...congrats. Next time.

[freddymo]

Originally Posted by Duvalier

Freddymo...you better straighten them out. That's twice now they got you. Nice run...congrats. Next time.

Thx he raced well it was a horrendous field will try again 2/6

[Duvalier]

Originally Posted by freddymo

Thx he raced well it was a horrendous field will try again 2/6

Just keep collecting them checks.

[freddymo]

Originally Posted by Duvalier

Just keep collecting them checks.

Thx he tries is honest and is what he is .. She is a terrific trainer that realizes he is a complete laimo marginal talent. 2800 is bearly the month but I enjoyed the race a lot.