richiebee Wrote:
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> Why are we talking so much about 3 equine deaths
> which occurred 5 years ago?
>
> Because it shows that Racing has done nothing, and
> is seemingly doing nothing,
> to clean its own house. Because some very astute
> handicappers play the
> medication angle the way old school handicappers
> used to play trainer angles
> and equipment changes. Because cheating,which used
> to be associated mainly with
> leaky roof tracks and sore horses, has now
> permeated Racing at the glamorous
> tracks and in the graded races.
>
> Some want the issue of performance enhancement to
> just go away. Others, such as
> Jerry, and Steve Crist, and Barry Irwin, all
> influential voices, want the
> problem to be addressed,

Yet Irwin uses Pletcher and Allday and was a big supporter of Mr. Evil himself, Doc Harthill. Irwin talks the talk but doesn't walk the walk.