Re: RC: David Boggs Suspension

[Teddy Lancaster <Teddy@runningbear.com>]

A word of warning...you see what happened here and there is BIG money at
stake...not to open up another can of worms...but if money gets into our
sport (not that it already hasn't), we may be in for legal battles
ourselves....

teddy (who thinks of the poor timer that makes an honest error at the last
vet check....)

Rhonda K Levinson wrote:

> The latest grapevine news from an "insider" I know in MN is that David's
> attorneys plan to have an injunction on file well prior to Nationals.
> They are basing their lawsuit on the precedent set by that one basketball
> player's case (can't remember his name -- it was in Lawyer's Weekly).  He
> was kicked out of the NBA for some rule violation and he took it to trial
> and the trial court said that the NBA could not take the man's livelihood
> completely away from him.
>
> It is so good to know that others don't just love David.  I'm kinda an
> outsider in the Arabian show world in that I was not impressed by him.  I
> saw his assistants actually slash Mishah (pretty big time stallion)
> across the face with a halter -- buckles and all!  If they will do that
> to a horse worth millions, what will they do to a regular person's horse?
>
> I do show an Arabian filly and was VERY careful about who I chose as a
> trainer.  Picked a small timer with a good reputation who is gentle and
> good with my horse.  We have an agreement that if it comes down to it,
> I'd much rather he lose with my horse than do what the "big" boys do.  I
> was offered A LOT of money for my horse by one of the big boys --
> brothers who haven't been mentioned yet.  However, saw one of them
> actually chewed out IN THE RING by the judges for gingering his horse and
> couldn't have my horse going there.  [He still got Reserve Regional
> Champion with the horse, by the way.  So much for there being a penalty
> for violating the rules.]
>
> Also, I think it's important that people know that the draft of the
> suspension that I saw said he was being suspended for the surgical
> alterations of animalS -- not just "animal."  I heard about three
> surgical alterations upon which the suspension was based -- none of the
> three was Magnum Psyche.  Also, the suspension was based upon attempting
> to influence or intimidate members of the ethics board.
>
> Anyway, I am hoping this is a sign that IAHA is serious about cleaning up
> at least some of the abuses.
>
> Rhonda
>
> On Thu, 16 Sep 1999 11:57:46 EDT CMKSAGEHIL@aol.com writes:
> >In a message dated 9/16/99 8:40:30 AM Pacific Daylight Time,
> >JOltmann@FANCYPUBS.COM writes:
> >
> ><< And if he dares to
> > show his face at the Nationals I am going to tell him that to his
> >face! >>
> >
> >Actually, if I understand his suspension right, he cannot even be on
> >the show
> >grounds during an IAHA event for the next 5 years....
> >
> >Heidi
> >
> >
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