Doc:

Thank you again.

One observation: Hopefully Racing will evolve to the point where the "enhanced"
runner never even gets to the gate. I know this would take a great deal of
dedication on the part of an industry which has shown only a halfhearted effort
towards stopping and punishing cheaters who have likely honed their test
beating skills with wicked precision.

On Racing's biggest day, $20 million dollars in purse money will be awarded.
One day, maybe not this year, a horse will come back positive and part of that
purse money, weeks after the fact, will be redistributed.

In 2004 at Lone Star, all sources handle on the 8 Breeder's Cup races was nearly
$110 million dollars. Since no one has figured out a way to redistribute pari-
mutuel pools in the case of a medication DQ, it appears that the only way to
truly level the playing field is to prevent the runner with that "something
extra" from ever setting foot in the gate.

Is it fair to say that Racing's current testing regime--geared towards catching
cheaters weeks/months/years after the fact (ie Biancobra horses running dirty
in May, not disclosed until August)--actually protects owners/trainers who run
clean and get elevated placings after a dirty runner is DQ'd? Where is the
protection for handicappers/gamblers?

"But if you look for truthfulness/You just might as well be blind"