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Originally Posted by pandy
Obviously, this guy has no chance of winning this, but the bigger problem is that the racing industry, harness and thoroughbred, and law enforcement, are too easy on the dopers. When a doped horse wins a race, the race was a fixed race. Attempting to alter a sporting contest is a felony and the guilty parties should be prosecuted to the fullest extent of the law. They should go to jail.
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"If you don't cheat, you look like an idiot; if you cheat and don't get caught, you look like a hero; if you cheat and get caught, you look like a dope." Darrell Waltrip.
Racing is racing. Difference in horse racing is that trainers and acquaintances can bet vs their customers.
I've been waiting for well over a decade for this to happen. It is a fixed race by definition.
If they could somehow link the pattern of administration, non- administration of "performance enhancing (and weakening) substances - legal or otherwise, to betting patterns they could do it. Or even keeping a terminal open after the start.
But there's no incentive. Handles hold, bonuses and tickets are cashed. Family protects family - until they can't.
This is said from the outside looking in = conjecture. Take it for what it's worth.
P.S. The sport can be fun and beautiful at it's best = Bolt d'Oro vs McKinzie.