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Midwest Thoroughbreds, the leading owner in North America in wins since 2010, has fired one of its trainers, Brad Cox, and has shipped the 30 horses he trained at Churchill Downs to Jamie Ness on the East Coast.
Cox said Saturday that he was informed this week of his firing by a phone call from an attorney representing Richard Papiese, the Chicago businessman who owns Midwest with his wife, Karen. This was the second time Cox, 32, has been fired by Midwest, having worked for them for about seven months in 2010 before being rehired in April 2011.
Cox said he now has three horses at Churchill for other clients. In his two stints for Midwest, he won with 107 of 424 starters for earnings of $1,855,210 while racing primarily in Kentucky and at Oaklawn Park.
Into Saturday, Midwest was by far the leading owner in North America this year with 367 victories from 1,125 starters. The stable also led all owners in wins with 299 in 2010 and 411 in 2011. Ness currently has the vast majority of the stable’s horses in Maryland, Delaware, and Pennsylvania, while Roger Brueggemann has a string in Chicago and Tom Amoss has a few in Kentucky.
DOPING IN HORSE RACING IS THE MAIN REASON.. THEIR ARE PROBLEMS...
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Need to hear from Brad to get the other side of the story. I know he has sucker on his forehead if he goes with them for a third time. He seems to have done a fine job for Midwest. Midwest took over being the "Big Fish" this past Winter and Spring when Ramsey moved a lot of his stock. Not Kosher to have your Lawyer call -Man Up!
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He was fired because his horses PIP'ed.
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YOU KNOW WHAT>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> I'M OUTTA HERE. TOO MANY IDIOTS. YOU COME HERE YO GIVE KNOWLEDGE AND END UP GETTING DRAWN INTO STUPID, STUPID KNOW-IT-ALL COMMENTS FROM A BUNCH OF 3/5 BETTING IDIOTS. I APOLOGIZE TO THE NORAMAL PEOPLE HEAR. plodderman@gmail.com
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you all are idiots!!! and know nothing
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Remember the old saying "lay down with dogs wake up with flees "
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Before jumping all over the trainers and granted some of them deserve all the ripping they get...you have to start with the owners! Just like anyother sport that has owners, the person responsible for paying the bills in sport is always successful in the business world, but, the sports world is not the business world...Just look at the success rate that Brad Cox had for Midwest...won at a 25% clip nearly $2 million racing mostly in Kentucky and at Oaklawn...Any owner that does not appreciate that and more important understand how successful that is, clearly is clueless and should get out of the sport....Remember, when the owners get an understanding of how you 'Win' and why you 'lose', then and only then will the sport improve the 'trainers' in question will be gone....
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Racing needs one governing body to control everything, we have a sport thats spinning out of control,everybody is in it for themselves and not for the "good of the product". There are a handfull of trainers like Jamie Ness out there,California has Jeff Mullins who seems to have the "magic touch" with horses,as long as these guys stay one step ahead of the testing procedures nothing can be done. This is why we need a one governing body , same rules apply for all states and all tracks ! A board should be appointed from all racing venues and all suspensions and appeals would be heard by this board, 3 strikes and your out of the game,here that Mr Dutrow,and Mr Mullins....
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Wow!! This is why I generally limit my wagering to stakes races. Not that shenanigans can't take place at the higher levels but in general, everyone is trying to win. Look at how pharmacology has affected bicycle racing not to mention every other sport. Why should horseracing be immune? I do like the European approach regarding the banning of meds. Some of the sharper operators are able to pick up well bred bleeders from Europe, treat them here with at a minimum lasix, and find they have a G1 horse on their hands.
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MAGNIFCENTMILLION is obviously not today's "best bet" because of his exploits, other than running against Belmont Stakes-bound Giant Finish and allowance winner Glowing Ember last fall; rather, it's more an indictment against the others, along with the fact that the lone special-weight dropper is bred to love any moisture in the track. BROADWAY HAT is third off the bench for meet-leading trainer who saddled four winners Thursday; the half-empty view is he has burned chalk players time and again since last May.
