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Originally Posted by mountainman
Two things can be true at once. Racing can be in (dire) need of strict, uniform oversight, and Hisa can be a poorly conceived, unworkable, tone-deaf morass of red tape (and sometimes questionable intentions).
Man is closer right now to colonizing Mars than to forming a smart and effective ruling body for racing. And that's from a racing official of some 35 years who has LONG advocated stiffer penalties for drug offenders. Much stiffer.
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I couldn’t agree more. I trained for 25 years. Drugs and the 10 days for mistakes or blatant cheating made me sick. Our leading trainer racked up 6 or 7 positives ,Waited for Timonium and went on vacation while lumping them all together.
What an embarrassment racing became with the drug stuff starting in the late eighties. It took the fun out of the game for me.
I never dreamt that could happen.
The stories I bet we could share between Md. racing and where you work.
Oh my !
