There is also the question of the very substantial increase in expenses(to the track owners/managers)to introduce "super/random testing" which is now generally available at a high price.The economics of owning/operating race tracks is generally poor and goes forward without apparent substantial future growth.A tough investment, to say the least.


All of the bidders for the NYRA Franchise(except NYRA)were mainly interested in gaining a foothold in the lucrative casino gaming industry in New York with the racing franchise a necessary evil. All feasabilty studies on racing in the USA came up fairly negative for capital investments purposes.

Since most racing consists of claiming and allowance level it makes little sense to random/super test just the graded runners imo. Most of the cheating and illegal stuff that has been detected is at the lower end of racing, so far.

The solution to racings problems require intra state close cooperation on many issues, fugedaboutit!

Mike