>4. Make the trainer and vet fill out and sign off on a form with every entry, listing everything that has been put into the horse over the last seven days.

This may be the best one in my book. I would hope that after this years Ky Derby Bob Costas during the post race Interview on National Television asks the winning connections, "Do you realize the following SIX performance enhancing medications your Horse used today, he will not be allowed to use at Belmont Park if he is shooting for the Triple Crown? And tell America was your horse given a Milkshake before todays race?

Only then will Kentucky officials realize how out of sync they are with the rest of the industry and the betting public.

The Post Race betting is probably not as widespread as most think but it only has to happen once like the "Fix-Six" to give the whole industry another black and eye and space in the sports section for all the wrong reasons. I'm certainly not saying this doesn't go on, who knows maybe once a week. But not everytime a horses odds drop. Now in the case of Monarchos a few years ago in the Florida Derby anybody who doesn't think the $200,000 that was bet on him at the last second wasn't placed at the eighth pole is a fool. Lucky for racing that one wasn't exposed. A big fix on a major three year old Derby Prep or maybe the Derby itself. Its coming, who knows maybe soon considering how loose all the controls are.

The Rebate issue is really a non-issue regarding the Drug Debate. And yet almost immediately after the scandal broke it became an Organized Crime Rebate Story. When in reality it was a case of a drugged horse juiced so he couldn't lose. Didn't matter where and how these guy made their bets.

I thought the column in the Sunday Form by DRF ED-in-Chief Steve Christ(sic) was outstanding. Maybe it was a recovery after biting on the "Mob Rebaters Fix Race" story like all the other media outlets did. To their credit DRF has been covering the Drug issue in more detail and too their credit they are also pointing out some trainers who have been accused, who are still winning at solid clips. How those trainers do over a long period of time, remains to be seen. My feeling is they will see their percentages go down. Some guys may see theirs cut in half. But hey 15% is almost normal.