Yikes!
With the aforementioned Bloomberg article, and now The New York Times as well as NY Newsday all running articles on the very visible Mr. Iavarone and his shady past you have to wonder what the final take will be on the Big Brown story come Belmont day.
As cited on another BB regarding this same topic the “unnamed” investor who kicked off the IEAH group is still remaining shadowy:
Iavarone said he earned his money working in private financing during the high-tech boom of the late 1990s and early 2000s. He said IEAH got off the ground in 2003 with $800,000 he received from a European “high-risk investor” whom he wouldn’t name.
I can generally look past someones prior mistakes provided they don’t continue to occur. In this case with IEAH and Iavaron there are constant lies that seem to dog them.
On his company’s Web site, ieah.com, Iavarone, 37, the company’s co-president, is identified as a “high-profile investment banker on Wall Street.”
Iavarone told The New York Times that he had worked for Goldman Sachs, the world’s largest investment bank.
But he never worked for Goldman Sachs, and in fact was fined and suspended for making unauthorized trades at the A. R. Baron & Co. brokerage firm. Iavarone conceded Wednesday that his Wall Street career consisted of selling penny stocks …
Iavarone, who was raised in Bethpage, Long Island, graduated from St. Joseph’s College of Patchogue, New York, where he earned a bachelor’s degree in business in 1993.
His IEAH’s Web site includes an article about him from the Thoroughbred Daily News that says Iavarone has a bachelor’s degree from the University of California at Los Angeles. ``That’s a mistake,’’ Iavarone says.
Why do I think this is him at IEAH: ‘The Boiler Room’
Not cited before, I think, another jockey change:
It was also announced that Tomcito, who was last ridden by Cornelio Velasquez, will be ridden in the Belmont by Alan Garcia.
Consider the quote from Dutrow at the Derby interview re: Big Brown’s owners “we just clicked”–is all this really a surprise? Now Squires can add another to his list of “attributes” associated with this horse.
My problem with all of this is that I cannot trust anyone associated with this great colt to make good decisions on his behalf. It just makes me sad.
Nancy
I’m no gambler but I never bet a below-even-money fave. OTOH, I can’t get my head around exotic betting beyond exacta or quinella so, if I do bet on this, I’ll look at Casino Drive - and maybe a little something on a longshot, just in case.
Of course, with my luck, this’ll be the year we have a Triple Crown winner.
WhiteCamry, we think alike as I was going to link the gold-standard of sales ‘motivation’ with Alec Baldwin (“Always Be Closing”) too although with an often younger audience on this BB some might relate more with Ben Affleck
As I cited on another BB, and it was mentioned in passing on this one as well, I am quickly reminded of this when I read about Michael Iavarone: “Come grow with us”
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If your looking for another reason to dislike BB’s connections, here is one.
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From the article…
[I]Iavarone was sued by the Showboat Hotel and Casino in Atlantic City in January 1999 for writing a bad check for $20,000, Superior Court of New Jersey court records show.
In the lawsuit, the casino alleged that it ``repeatedly made demands upon the Defendant for the aforesaid amount, but to no avail.’’ In January 2000, the Superior Court of New Jersey entered a judgment against Iavarone when he failed to respond, for $14,090 plus costs. Iavarone paid the casino in July 2000, court records show.
Iavarone said an imposter was responsible. There was no bad check ever written,'' he said. Somebody took out a marker in my name, illegally.’’ [/I]
Yeah, right. You can’t make a move in the casino without the camera watching you. There are protocalls for markers.
Do you guys think that Tomcito is way under the radar? Isn’t he a distance horse who was brought here to run in the Belmont?
I know he had that palate problem but do you think that is enough to knock him out of contention ?
Maybe it will be a 3 horse run to the wire.
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Do you guys think that Tomcito is way under the radar? Isn’t he a distance horse who was brought here to run in the Belmont?
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I still like the guy frankly and 1 1/2 mi is something he’s accomplished at before. Speedwise on a solid, non synthetic track and the guy does his job. In the Peter Pan his breathing was impeded so toss that out (Tomcito underwent throat surgery - a myectomy - at the New Bolton Center at the University of Pennsylvania on May 13, just three days after the PP Stakes) and the Lexington at Keeneland was on a track that isn’t valid for what he’s run on before and will in NY.
Look back at the Florida Derby - after some 5+ months of layoff - and he came in a solid 3rd behind Big Brown. That hopefully is the horse that will be seen in the Belmont Stakes.
His workout times are with solid numbers and he’ll have a new jockey who just won the Met Mile. With little pressure on the partnership and all the focus on Big Brown I think they could be in a position to surprise with a very strong showing.
I would be flabbergasted if Tomcito could come back from a myectomy in three weeks and pull off an upset.
But it is horse racing and anything can happen. I really like Tomcito. He works great in the morning (usually), but hasn’t shown any speed in any of his races. And did I mention I still think it’s completely crazy for a horse to be expected to run a huge race 3 weeks after throat surgery?!?
Can someone please get a muzzle for Dutrow?
Dutrow also wasn’t kind to Elliott and Smarty Jones’ trainer John Servis.
“I think maybe the way they trained that horse (Smarty Jones) going up to the Belmont had a lot with him getting beat,” Dutrow said. “I was at my house and they showed a flash where Smarty Jones was breezing for the Belmont and he did it at Philadelphia Park on a sloppy, sealed track. It just blew my mind away. I could not imagine anyone would do that with a horse, especially going for the Triple Crown.”
Smarty Jones never had an official work for the Belmont Stakes over such a track, according to his past performances, but the colt may have galloped over one leading up to the race.
“If it wasn’t to what Rick wanted, I did the best that I could do,” Servis said yesterday. “Rick has got a lot on his mind these days. Especially with the quarter crack and all. He’s under a lot of pressure, and a lot of times we say things we don’t mean. I’m taking it with a grain of salt.”
Dutrow was also critical of Elliott’s ride in the Preakness. Smarty Jones won the second leg of the Triple Crown by a record 11 1/2 lengths.
“I also feel he (Elliott) did not need to win the way he did in the Preakness to get to the Belmont,” Dutrow continued. "Our jockey (Kent Desormeaux) grabbed a hold (of Big Brown) at the eighth-pole to have something left.
“The connections of Smarty Jones were not smart in order to get the job done,” Dutrow said. “They should have played it a lot safer.”
Nice to see that John Servis wasn’t going to take the bait and rip on Dutrow, although there is plenty of room to do so …
Or duct tape. Duct tape is commonly found in barns and would be just as effective as a muzzle.
It’s obvious the press is having a ball with this, trying to get others to bash Dutrow. I’m impressed that so far no one else has stooped to Dutrow’s level.
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Or duct tape. Duct tape is commonly found in barns and would be just as effective as a muzzle.
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Duct tape is the way to go for this. You can still talk and be understood with a muzzle on!!!:lol::lol::lol:
in the sun
You may be right as to the june issue, white camry, but I read it in the April Virginia News part----thought it was a good one to educate the public as to threaputic use and why it exists. My logic is too, there is a post race test—everyone has same options. I don’t think BB needs “hop”. He has answered all the questions so far, forget his connections and whatever they do----if you dug deep, there would be other “connections” with less than perfect pasts. Let’s not weight BB down with incidental trivia. He is a very legit, exciting horse. GO BIG BROWN!!!
Add one and possibly two more into the mix!
Big Brown isn’t spooking anyone away:
As of Friday May 30th
Trainer Nick Zito, who spoiled the last Triple Crown bid in 2004 when his Birdstone upset Smarty Jones, already had Anak Nakal pointed for the $1 million Belmont, and on Friday said he was giving serious consideration to running Da’ Tara as well.
And Ready’s Echo, trained by Todd Pletcher - who won last year’s Belmont with the filly Rags to Riches - was confirmed for the race by Kevin Scatuorchio, a managing partner of the Let’s Go Stable which owns Ready’s Echo.
Zito said Da’ Tara, who was second in the Barbaro Stakes on the Preakness undercard at Pimlico on May 17, “had a tremendous work” on Thursday at Saratoga. Da’ Tara, who earned a 92 Beyer in the Barbaro, worked on the Oklahoma training track, and went a half-mile in 49.67 seconds, the third-best of eight at the distance.
The more the merrier!! That could mean a starting field of 10 next Saturday
Interesting stat of the day: Of the 11 Triple Crown winners, none has faced more than seven rivals in the Belmont Stakes.
Todd Pletcher said it was “unlikely” that Behindatthebar would run in the Belmont Stakes.
The largest field ever to run in the Belmont Stakes was a field of 15 in 1983. Caveat won. (I have a daughter of his.)
Face it…if BB wins, he deserves it. The steriods do not make him run faster, more horses are joining in the race, so a good field should be expected, not just a bunch of “also rans”, it should be a great race. Lets all just enjoy it for the love of the sport and hope history is finally made! :yes:
