Not only is the publicity terrible it comes at a horrible time with the running of the National Handicapping Championship on ESPN.

Do you think ESPN will continue to lend/link its "brand name" to a sport that cheats its constituents and has not only the public perception of being "fixed", but is validating that with the behavoir and attitude of the trainers responsible for the horses.

After reading Crist's article of a few weeks ago and how ESPN essentially created poker as a national phenom, I had high hopes for our sport with the potential of ESPN, a network always looking for new content/events, taking an interest. Until we clean up, that's as big a long shot as Smuggler's Run.



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