In a case like this it may be your only recourse. If I hire a trainer and he wins a race for me, we're all happy. Then I get my purse grabbed and I'm looked at as a doper. I'm going to be angry and am harmed.
Some owners are in on all of this. I never was. I told every trainer I ever hired that I never wanted a positive for anything. I never have had one. What they gave my horses I'll never know. There is no way to know. Nobody can know.
That's why a relationship between an owner and trainer is based on trust. Trust is huge in the racing business. I have an asset in your care and Trust you to do the right things with it. That's what it all is about.
Asmussen is a good example. He was exonerated. But aspersions were cast and he lost owners. He probably lost millions.
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