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Originally Posted by cmorioles
I think one thing that is being overlooked in all this is that a lot of these guys, and Dutrow definitely, bet, and they bet a lot.
If they are cheating, they are stealing from everyone, whether you bet on him or against him.
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Dutrow (and others like him) steal from us when they bet their (assumed to be) juiced horses.
Whales steal from us when they're allowed to bet after the race has started. AND
Stewards steal from us with their poor/inconsistent decisions.
I can do something about the former: by looking for patterns. In this sense, cheating trainers are not unlike flawed (or limited availability) data. (For an example of an attempt at 'cheating' the public, take a look at the chart for yesterday's 9th at AQU. A slight misrepresentation of the facts. )
The betting after the fact, and steward issues, are something completely different, however. There's no defense.
Everyone is up in arms that the tracks don't test more stringently for drugs; in order to make the game 'fairer'.
The tracks don't want a 'fair' game.
The focus needs to come off the cheating trainers and on to more significant issues that impact the bettor.