[trotman]

I had an e-mail with regards to the Frank Passero mess in the 90's at Gulfstream and I guess many might not know or heard about what happened and I guess I should have been more clear in my thread. Frank Passero did nothing more than take advantage of the situation that was presented by Gulfstream ownership. In their efforts to attract more horses they decided to relax the rule on claims where if you claimed a horse you were not required to step up in class the new claim or put your horse in jail for thirty days to be able to run the new claim in the same claiming class. Because Frank had a piece or the largest piece of each horse he had in his barn and did not want interference from a sole owner where a horse should run. This relaxed claiming rule was made to order for the boss which was Frank and the rest was a true training feat. Where ever Frank raced a horse he was the best buddy of the $2 rail birds, a blue collar guy just like them and understood them and was happy to see them cashing on one of his horses. There were many characters who had a hand in trying to crush Frank for what he did but I and my handicapping partner were there and saw it all happen live and Frank was just going about his business of being one of the best claiming trainers in the business.