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Originally Posted by bare it all
This is just ridiculous crap trudged up for no good reason. So Blasi has a potty mouth? He's not running for election - he's a damned horseman. Nehro had bad feet? So do many thoroughbreds. It's not even a racing thing as much a breed thing. Horses get Lasix?? No joke. Illegals work on the backside for little pay?? No kidding!! They do in a ton of other industries as well. I don't find anything presented here earth shattering news. I'm just a fan and know these things happen at the tracks. Thoroughbred racers are athletes. They have bumps and bruises and pain. Human athletes do the same things. Injections in joints. Supplements they may not need. It happens to get an edge.
Oh, and the buzzer discussion? Sounded like blasi was drunk and could have been taken out of context or joking. Also Lukas and Stevens along with others have spoken outright about the "buzzer" days. I think even Tony Black has discussed the prevalent use of machines at some tracks in the past. Nothing enlightening here.
The only awe and shock that will be happening is from those who are under the impression that the world is candy coated and nothing bad ever happens.
I can't wait to find out who this mole was. You know that part will come out. Hope PETA paid well and the Times is looking for help. This chick won't ever be allowed to set foot in a barn again.
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Not to sound like a heartless prick, but the buzzer story (stories) are the biggest hand grenades in my opinion. The sport can't survive without bettors and if confidence/integrity in the actual racing becomes an issue it's the beginning of the end for the sport. Bettors already have to endure a lot with the so-called juice trainers, crazy biases. jockeys that don't know how to read a form, odds changing after gates opening etc... It's a tough enough game to win at without throwing another major wrench into the works.
I'll admit that some of the EDITED parts of the video are eye opening, but I had an idea that some of this stuff went on. Obviously no one knows how far it actually goes. But truthfully things like this don't keep me up at night and while watching/betting during the day I don't give it a second thought. Just like when I watch an NFL game and see a ref throw a garbage flag for an unnecessary hit (then I bitch & moan at the TV), I don't think of a retired player who's home on tons of medication cause he can't get out of his bed cause his brain hurts. If you followed and taped any sport/industry for months at a time and then come back with the worst 9 minutes you could vilify anything. I want to believe that the actions filmed aren't the norm on the backside (although I'll admit that my thinking could be naïve). I personally think that a large segment of racing bettors are hardened gamblers anyway, they really don't care what goes on behind the scenes. All they care about is how many minutes until the next race. Sounds heartless, but I really believe that's the truth. While this will definitely be a black eye for the sport, the people who will be most offended are the people that don't push a dime through the windows.