Look! Hell froze over !

[ELA]

Originally Posted by Cannon Shell

Honestly I thought the most amazing thing coming out of the JC round table was Dinny saying that the Jockey Club would support owners being suspended in serious medication violations.

I agree. I liked the message, but far more importantly I like the words. From the first time there was discussion about penalizing, suspending, etc., owners -- I had serious concerns. Much of my concerns stemmed from the fact that, currently, there are no uniform medication rules, policies, etc. nationwide and no universally established and enforced set of guidelines and rules.

This problem has gone not only unsolved, but unaddressed, for far too long. Now, without a national policy, a governing body, real meat around the bone -- we are now talking about attacking the problem from a different standpoint. I agree -- but without real substance are we going to face more of the same? We can't deal with Trainer X, and now we have to deal with Owner Y.

Owners in general are in far greater position to litigate, and are more likely to do so. This could be a very slippery slope, but one that needs to be traveled down, but traveled with caution.

Eric