True. But there are also scam naturopaths.
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Definitely true.
I sent the Horse Sport article to a nephrologist, just to see if he has any opinion on it…
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The fact people higher up in the sport are now saying things like “we’ve suspected things for ages” ……ok so why on earth didn’t any of you ever bring it up? WTH! And Honestly, if someone ever told me such a story like he told Ali, the first thing I’d be doing is some research……and the way he slyly trashes our Canadian drs “if I’d had treatment in Canada I’d be dead”….Ugg no you’d of been found out!
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There’s a rumor circulating that the FEI forced him to retire after he tried to dodge a drug test in competition in late 2021/early 2022.
If that actually happened… again… why in the world did EC name him Chef D’Equipe in early 2022?
This all boggles the mind.
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In the words of Rick James…
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considering one of the mandatory courses for EC coaches is “making ethical decisions” it’s not a good look for EC having hired him as chef d’equipe while he had multiple lawsuits filed at the time eh
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Well I hate to disappoint you but… lol!
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English is his second language, and I have found that it isn’t uncommon to hear mistakes with respect to singular and plural nouns when francophones are speaking English. I can’t say if that’s what is going on in this case, but it is possible that something was just lost in translation there on the kidney vs. kidneys.
Just editing to add a bit more explanation since this might not make sense to someone unfamiliar with French.
In French, the ‘s’ at the end of a pluralized word is not pronounced. Instead, you get the plural context from the article before the word. French always uses an article like un/une/le/la/les/des/etc. before a noun, so this works fine.
In English, you would say my pony or my ponies. In French, that would be mon poney or mes poneys, both pronounced as poney. You understand that there are multiple ponies because mes is used instead of mon.
To someone who did not have much exposure to English in the super early formative years, it can be very difficult to make certain sounds or change certain speech patterns (think ‘d’ or ‘t’ substituted for the English ‘th’ sound). Similarly, you’ll hear the lack of a pronounced ‘s’ at the end of pluralized words, which can lead to confusion in English because you’re lacking the context provided by the article.
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I assume you’re referring to this:
"They (EL’s doctors) have different websites that they have access to, not like a hospital, which they can get a kidney fairly quick to match yours."
Is he alluding to some kind of a black market/Silk Road venue for procuring organs?
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C’mon folks, I heard 15 years ago that he does the nose kandy. And I’m a nobody. The ladies liked him because he was sorta good lookin and charismatic. Please don’t act so surprised. I kinda thought if indeed he had a tumor, perhaps it was related to the drugs.
Horse publications do not investigate. They only report on the stars of the day, regardless of those stars’ means to the top.
Reminds me of that young Venezuelan man who made a splash in jumpers at WEF a few years ago. Chronicle did some glowing report on his successes, however he got all his horses seized by federal authorities because his dad was ripping off the citizens of Venezuela. He had a great fan club coz he was young and seemingly rich and had a popular instagram.
We like our guys young who look good in breeches, and are rich. If they can ride, so much the better.
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The man is fucknuts. Period.
Just because a person is a great rider does not make them a decent human being.
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A black market is one interpretation… but another is that he was referring to a more typical transplant list, and implying these private doctors had some sort of corrupt scheme that allowed them to get patients moved up the list more quickly than is usual through standard channels.
That’s what it sort of, possibly, sounded like to me. But to be clear… this would ALSO be a profoundly unethical thing to do… if it were real. My guess is that it is all BS though.
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Emanuel Andrade. His father was Alejandro Andrade - he was accused of taking over $1 billion in bribes according to some articles. Craziness.
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Yes thanks. As always I was too lazy to look it up. But I know things…
Edited to add, this is not craziness. It is a manifestation of the greed that fuels this sport.
We love wealth. And the horses it provides. No sarcasm.
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The voice of reason.
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I may be a dissenting voice, but i feel very sorry in some ways for Eric Lamaze. He started out from no where, and grew to great heights. I knew him way back when, he used to give clinics in Northern Ontario, when very few good riders would. He was good. If any of these allegations are remotely true, then yes as his ex lawyer said, he is sick. I have no idea, but maybe he really is sick, not brain cancer, but other mental problems. He has been to the top of the world, and in the gutter as well. Who are we to judge??? for the most part, it seems like rich people screwing each other over
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You are spot on. When Lamaze started riding again (and riding well) after being on ‘chemo for brain cancer’, I spent quite a bit of time sluthing to what type of cancer he had. Wondered if the media was reporting a symptomatic tumor (like possibly meningioma) as cancer. Found reference to a glioblastoma……and doubt crept in! Oncologist would call it a GBM for common type of grade 4 glioma or be very specific for very rare types (some with better survival). I have seen 1 ‘supposed’ case of survival with a GBM, but with slide review it was a misdiagnosis. So …hum… thought you were lying EL!
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No one wants to be that person who says “nah, you aren’t really sick / disabled / have cancer / are faking…”
No one.
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You beat me to it. And that island has Starlink so you aren’t safe there, either.
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