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Originally Posted by Thoroughbred Fan
I own horses. I know mistakes happen. But let's be honest here, positives can be avoided. And if it cost the trainer more, than more attention would be paid to the medications given to horses. The real issue here in my mind is exactly stated at the top of the thread. Any horse who wins and tests positive stole money from the patrons/bettors.
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That is simply not true. Not all medications enhance the performance of the horse.
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Originally Posted by Thoroughbred Fan
This game is struggling enough to need slots in most states to keep it running. This is not the heyday of horseracing. The sport needs to do everything in its power to not alienate the fans. I think most of us take the ups and downs and grey areas of racing as the way it works. But the occasional patron/bettor may never bet again if a horse who beat him is positive. He/she would say it is fixed.
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Then that is a fan the game really doesn't need. It's far more damaging to the game to have a bunch of degenerates at the track vocally complaining about how trainers are juicin horses and jockeys pull up horses, etc. etc. I witness this everytime I go to the track. Any track.
If the racing fan were serious about cleaning up the game then surely the first place to start would be complaining to race management to get the grounds security to actually do some work and boot out the degenerates who come to the track and bet $1 exacta boxes with their welfare check and get on their soapbox about what's wrong with the game when their $6 will pay doesn't come through.
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Originally Posted by Thoroughbred Fan
There is enough shady things that go on a a track (fixes, incorrectly reported workouts, running horses into shape, etc...) to not tackle one that can be easily monitored and avoided. If you are a trainer who is so sloppy as to not care about a huge fine, then pay it. Otherwise, pay more attention to the medications given to your horses or be out of the game. There is no shortage of owners or aspiring trainers.
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Yeah because these trainers who are fined under your new system aren't going to trickle the fines to the owners. Then the average joe owners will start leaving the game in higher numbers than they are now and you'll look up and there will be nothing left.
It's difficult to impose these strict fines and suspensions when the testing isn't fullproof and EPO testing isn't in the equation.