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Originally Posted by MaTH716
I'm all for banishing the cheaters when they get caught. In this instance I just feel like the whole story is not out there. I'm not sure what happened, and the story that is out there makes me feel like Mullins might have be misled to believe that Air Power was acceptable. Maybe I'm 100% wrong, but what punisment do you want? To banish him for life because he wanted to give a horse cough medicine. That's like the feds putting John Gotti away for life for tax evasion.
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But if the whole story isn't out there who do you think that benefits? He has one of the favorites to win a race that is the holy grail of the sport. I just don't like these "suspensions by appointment". It is a sham. Every suspension you see from Jock's to trainers get dropped usually by half or more. And most of the time for no other reason than they aren't appealing it. Than if they do appeal it, they get suspended for less time still with another "suspension by appointment". They do need to get tougher. Obviously Paragallo has been violating rules of decency in the sport for a very long time and people still try to cover it up. Campo stands by Paragallo even when Achilles of Troy appeared to be unable to stand when he came back to Campo's barn a few weeks ago. But what gets lost in this whole trainer's as cheaters debate is ... US. The fans who enjoy the game and bet the game. When they cheat, they aren't just taking advantage of the other horses/owners/trainers but they are taking advantage of us who bet these horses without all the information available. He accepts the suspension, it should start now! Not when it is good for HIM.