Another negative NYT article timed with BC

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Originally Posted by Cannon Shell

It may not be an opinion piece per say but no new ground was covered, no new items were brought up, no new twists to the issue, etc. This is old, tired news. It isnt as though there arent stories out there to be had about a signature event with 14 races and hunderds of people. Instead we are focusing on two guys running two longshots in the lesser races who have had their stories told over and over again.

I have not done a search as to whether Drape has written on the subject before, but I don't recall him previously writing on the lax penalty aspect of the medication issue. These stories may be "old" and "tired" in racing circles, but they have not been re-hashed that much in the general sports section, largely because racing does not receive that much coverage anymore in most newspapers. Of course, as johnny pinwheel notes above, we wouldn't hear about these "tired" stories if racing leaders actually addressed the issue by handing out tougher penalties.

The irony of the articles that I have seen this week about medication and the Breeders' Cup's "efforts" to address the issue is that there has been no mention of Pletcher's positive with Wait a While in last year's Breeders' Cup or of the fact that the CHRB has not yet handed down a penalty. Amazing that this little tidbit did not make it into Drape's article (or does he not want to tarnish Pletcher's "golden boy" image to the general public).