Was thinking about the differences in racing between the US and Canada and it dawned on me that in my 50 years in the game, there seems to be far more serious race fixing scandals over that time here than in Canada. Why do you think this is? There was undoubtedly a rather serious infiltration into harness racing by organized crime in the 60s through the late 90s especially at the major tracks located near the major cities. Handles were sky high in the glory days and now they are awful, so the mob has moved onto greener pastures no doubt. No rocket science here admittedly. What other factors do you think contribute to the fact that there are far more serious, wide ranging and in some cases career ending race fixing conspiracies and scandals here in the US? the answers should be fun!
