Mullins simply missed the "No Syringes" sign on the way into the detention barn. No biggie.

fine have a gurad strip search any trainer / groom that has to go in the DB

don't tell me nyra can't do that or afford that , we do it at all the airports in this country

somehow i think the only sign there is the one that points you to the Belt Pkwy

I've never been strip searched at security in any airport.

NYRA should put casino styled cameras in (pretty damn cheap these days) and put the feed online. Suspicious activities could be flagged and tapes could be reviewed. If they can spot someone switching dice or palming cards they can spot a syringe. Of course this will NEVER happen.

Am I missing something, or didn't the current system work? They got Mullins and the horse scratched.

no way a man with that face could be a cheat, i find it hard to believe.

the horse was just thirsty and wanted a malted drink, whats the deal here?

-bt-

that's cuse you haven't been picked , they can't do it to everyone

but some people are asked to step into a room with their bag/s , they ain't going for coffe with the TSA

at least a body search could be done by a guard , the syringe would never have gotten through

he (mullins) never should have gotten in in the 1st place , that is my point

"Macho Macho Man, I've got to be a Macho Man"

I've been picked. They've gone through my bag, but never strip searched. When they found out I was a poster on Derby Trail, I had to give blood, a fingernail and one of the last few strands of hair left on my head. The guard wanted my Racing Form, I told him that was the one thing I wasn't giving up and he understood.

The system worked, they caught him, not sure what the complaint is.

see above - he shouldn't be able to walk in the front door is my point

I think the connections have every right to check on their horses that are stuck in the detention barn for 6 hours. Unfortunately there are people in this world that want/have to cheat. And you could make every security upgrade to the barns that you want, but if they really want to cheat they will find a way.

It makes sense... so there's no way it'll ever happen.

agree with the right to check , but why not allow a NYRA gurad to search you and the groom before you go in ??

chuck you are a trainer how would you feel about this , how could it not help?

I guess the casino type cameras would be most effective . Guards can be bought . After all , much of the skull duggery at the casinos is by the staff, as the cameras show .

fair point - guards and cameras would be my vote

I seem to remember NYRA was highly criticized for the idea of a detention barn.
How many tracks besides NYRA tracks have detention barns, anybody know?

Golden Gate Fields has one...