Imposter horse was the 'favored' horse

[Rudeboyelvis]

Originally Posted by Linny

I know the Horse ID staff in NY and they are very thorough. They don't check the tatoo, but they go over each horse, especially the "plain brown" ones. Since the women who do it are "horse people" they are pretty sharp with knowing who's who.

At Tampa they do a tatoo check as they enter the paddock. I think they do the same at Suffolk.

Tampa is the only paddock I attend with any regularity, so I just assumed the tattoo check was part and parcel for every track in the nation...

Mind-blowing to me that it isn't required at all tracks - but then again, who's to say that there aren't indiscretions going on even at tracks that do check them... I'd personally like to see the TRPB enact random, post-race tat checks (like drug tests).

May not amount to a hill of sh1t, but like airport security, it reinforces confidence and keeps this whole matter out of the eyes and minds of the public.