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Originally Posted by parsixfarms
You may not like the content or timing of the article, but it is not an "opinion" piece. Does it have slant? Yes, but what story doesn't. With perhaps the exception of the quotation below, the article simply weaves factual information to relate the reporter's sense of what kind of job racing has done with its medication offenders:
It is part of an evolving culture in horse racing that ultimately rewards those who seek any means, legal and otherwise, to get an edge. When illegal drug use goes undetected, trainers walk away with the winnings and an enhanced reputation. But when they are caught, they are all too often handed punishments that are in name only. Their horses still run and their stables still operate, usually under the name of a trusted assistant.
I'm not a Joe Drape apologist, as his recent article on NYSRWB efforts to require owners to produce veterinary records "on demand" was poorly written, IMO, but he hasn't only written this week about racing's drug issue, as evidenced by the linked story about Zenyatta: http://www.nytimes.com/2009/11/04/sports/04racing.html |
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.
As a matter of fact if Drape is of the opinion that NYRA is somehow doing something signifigant with the Mullins "suspension" as possibly evidenced by the inclusion of the Dunker quote at the end, we are in for more of this.