It was interesting when Servis and Nvarro got pressed by the FBI.
Some of the trainers backed off with the undetctable PEDs andd some didn't.
Even by the time Saratoga rolled around, some of the operations in the spotlight showed respect and really toned down things to have their horses run on conditioning. Yet a couple/few seemed to go the other way and horses were fortuitous to outrun their form and replays.
It's such a tough racket, and so much politics and egos...
We see Navarro go down, or a horse has to change barns and 'we' say, "finally a clean sport!"
Such naivete is blissful, and optimistic.
yet, some old horseplayers with the perspicacity to see things without need of validation from authority, or agreement with the narrative, so that within their own circle of their competence, they may apply rational, critical thinking to see a high probability of PED use in certain instances.
we (nerds) use to love "six degrees of kevin bacon" ... now nerdy kids say "six degrees of nicolas cage" or 6dgSamLJackson etc...
but we got guys with FBI shutdowns, we got major hardcore infractions, and we got multiple overage guys...
but the Elephant right there in the mansion, (The guest bathroom has a hot tub, and a marble glass shower) ... what?>? the elephant!!
these guys , these owners, vets trainers etc... are like 3! 3! OR 2 OR 4 degrees of separation!!
LMAO lol ... so then we change trainers , and say "oh my how will the horse adjust"?
or the same owners who had guys busted claim, and don't bring to Saratoga, and train at monmouth or belmont or some facility and same vets and ship in...
"oh my, i'm glad thre are clrean...
or the same owners go from Cali and basiclly win the title at monmouth and party with the ceo of monmouth and whatever "oh how will there horses recover from withdrawling from the evil Servis/Navaro scapeVILLIANS. I mean 'villians'. bad guys. Game is clean now, new way
new way
'New Normal'!
hey, while I'm ranting; I have some reluctances to turn the enforcemt over to the FBI Or other official horseman groups... There's a balance of power there, where this billiion dollar industry with some vulnerabiliiesys as it is currently being run, has room for some exploitation of giving such power as it could become a 'protection racket' (at an ignornant glance, some of the larger industries almost seem to pay protection taxes and play green light big fav operations, even moreso than the current politics. Be careful with what you wish for!
Let's get some money this weekend and I won't think about this stuff for a while.
