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Originally Posted by parsixfarms
You don't care whether the sport is clean or not, or whether the lives of horses and riders are put in jeopardy, as long as you are able to cash your wager?
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Why is it MY business, or that of any bettor, whether the game is clean or not?
When the different tracks figure out how to COMPLETELY clean up the game, then maybe some of this will have meaning to me. When there are so many cheating out there, I don't think it's very productive to focus on a single individual. There are worse things happening in the world than scumbags hurting horses.
And, while we're at it, why is NYRA any better than any of these cheats? Don't they put riders and horses in jeopardy when they allow HERDING in their races? How about all the times that a jock comes in on the turn, rather than keeping a straight path and pinches the jock to his inside on the rail? Is that dangerous? What exactly is NYRA (or any of the other tracks) doing about this? Clearly, SQUAT. I've watched Castellano be given carte blanche the past few years when it comes to herding. THIS is a much more dangerous issue than the Biancone thing, IMO. And NYRA, IMO, through its stewards is acting every bit a reprehensibly as Biancone ever did.
This is all BS. The game itself is based on CHEATING. All the trainers are looking for an edge. All the tracks are as well. When they soup their tracks up on big days so that they get fast times, is that cheating? Safety sacrificed for speed? How about all those BIASES they create? Is that cheating? How about when the allow their WHALES to past post or give them rebates? Is that fair?
What makes this game the challenge of a lifetime is the chance to win IN SPITE of all the unfairness going on in it.