
07-31-2014, 06:16 PM
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Saratoga
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Join Date: Jun 2006
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Scratching Smogcutter
They have balls. Good for them.
http://www.utsandiego.com/news/2014/...?#article-copy
Frankham said the entire episode with Masochistic has soured him on the game.
“It’s one of the disgusting parts of this game,” he said. “That’s why we’re not going to be in a race with A.C. Avila in it. I felt in principal, we had to step out of that race. He defrauded the bettors who bet on that race, and yet, no one got their money back. If there is no light put on this, it will be another wink wink scandal. If this were the United Kingdom or Asia, A.C. Avila would be banned for life. I Iove this sport, and it’s with a heavy heart that I get into this situation and fight this. I don’t want to take down the sport, but people work hard to get their horses ready for a race, and it’s not fair to them. We need to make changes, and the state needs to act in a more timely manner with its investigations. We can’t have egregious cheaters like this allowed to continue to race 4½ months later.”
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