What percentage of trainers cheat

[SniperSB23]

Originally Posted by Riot

Because there aren't that many magic bullets.

The amazing thing is that this list thinks most horse trainers are dishonest, are cheaters.

I'm sure it is probably below 50% of total trainers that are cheating but it wouldn't surprise me if 50% of races won were from the barns of cheating trainers.

[Riot]

Originally Posted by SniperSB23

I'm sure it is probably below 50% of total trainers that are cheating but it wouldn't surprise me if 50% of races won were from the barns of cheating trainers.

Yeah, probably a better way of phrasing it.

A better poll would have been, if you are watching a day of races at one of the bigger tracks (Santa Anita, Keeneland, Saratoga, Belmont, etc) - what percentage of horses do you think are running juiced right in front of your eyes? One in each race? Three a day?

[TheSpyder]

What percentage of DT'ers are on drugs? That would be a better poll and I think the numbers would be higher....along with the DT'ers

[alysheba4]

i hope horses i wager on are trained by trainers that try harder

[cowgirlintexas]

I'm wondering who the 8 people are that voted for the 0-5% range

[magic_idol]

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[Cannon Shell]

Originally Posted by cowgirlintexas

I'm wondering who the 8 people are that voted for the 0-5% range

Probably the most informed voters

[ELA]

Originally Posted by Cannon Shell

Probably the most informed voters

Informed about what Chuck?

I wanted to ask what actually constitutes "cheating"? If cheating is "breaking the rules" or "not abiding by the rules" -- how can we talk about this when most people don't know the rules? Exercise in futility. I say the % of trainers "not abiding by the rules" is very high, but again, that statement is being made in the abstract.

If we are talking about what % of horses are racing on hay, water and oats -- then that % is going to be extremely low. In the big picture, it might be de minimis. However, hay, water and oats is not the standard. What about raceday medications? Aren't there some jurisdictions where "nothing" can be used on raceday? Aren't there some where you can treat a horse with any # of X listed medications?

Eric

[The Indomitable DrugS]

Originally Posted by Cannon Shell

Probably the most informed voters

I would have disagreed with you ...

But when I saw that Magic Idol is one of the eight ... I feel a lot more like you have to be right.