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Originally Posted by theotherside
Attacking one of the sports most successful trainers and accusing him of cheating without any real evidence
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Oaklawn handed him some very public evidence when nobody else would.
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Originally Posted by Psychotic Parakeet
I bet people would have been happy if Mandella, Shirreffs, Tagg, McAnally, or some other small-time trainer get their moment to shine.
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Well, shouldn't that actually happen more than it does, I mean, even just statistically......and doesn't that make racing more exciting for the racegoers as well?
Unless one thinks only one trainer knows how to put workouts, training, etc. into their horses, when these other guys you mentioned are HOFers and at this for years?
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Originally Posted by theotherside
Can this be a good thing for our sport?
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Answered above.
As for the topic title, there's little point in "villaining" any trainer in a system that is permissive and where meds are pervasive, and where perhaps the testing science is behind a number of levels when compared to the "feed guys" science and hasn't caught up.
I guess it depends on whether you wish to concentrate on the symptoms of the problem, or the actual problem itself.
Fashionable breedings for speed probably don't help. (That will eventually come back to bite us.)
Even the BC races got rid of the marathon, relagating it to undercard status, while also reducing the purse for it. And we've seen distances cut for other stakes races as well. Trending......
