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Well... I know the first inclination is to recoil and demonize Ms. Beattie, but anyone that really knows what goes on knows many trainers push the envelope of legality. And horse racing is not serious about addressing the issue and/or cleaning it up.
How many times have we seen all of a trainers barn pop up in another trainer's name during a suspension? Typically the wife's, the assistant's, etc.? Wasn't Scott Blasi an assistant to Steve Asmussen? Then Steve got suspended and Scott became a top trainer - well, until Steve Asmussen got off suspension. What happened to this great trainer after Steve returned?
How is it that Dale White in Louisiana is a lifetime 2% trainer, yet when Eduardo Ramirez gets caught and suspended for racing the wrong horse to a claiming victory, ALL of Ramirez's horses end up in Dale White's file, and now he's winning at 25%+? You think maybe Eduardo might still have a hand in the operation? LOL.
Racing has enough issues competing for the gambling dollar anyway. Allowing cheaters to exists and thrive just drives more and more of it away.
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