I have now heard from two completely independent sources that there was virtually no security at this years BC-- I held off saying anything after the first one until I had some degree of confirmation. A friend of mine got a call from a trainer who was there that morning (one of the ones who is fighting to clean things up) who said, "bet as much on _____ as you want-- there is no security here".

This was pretty important to know. If you believe that horses are being treated, as I and many other serious people in the game do, and believe that lots of treated horses ran well on BC day, the first conclusion (which John T Chance came to) is that they are not using a race day drug, or the horses would have run poorly. This would have dramatically altered the kind of steps that would be necessary to stop it-- raceday detention barns would have been a waste of time, and more to the point, money.

Stuff is happening on several fronts about this. It ain't happening fast, in part because the ones who are doing something don't have the leverage by themselves, and in part because the industry doesn't want to catch anyone, just to stop it. But there are things going on, and it's important to keep the heat on.



TGJB