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That would make a very nice cristmas present, to see them all get busted. Need bail money for Christmas, Gural steps up to the plate. And YELLS they were all set up. Would be a Christmas dream.
Harness racing is so far down on Feds to do list. You have proven horse killers that are still allowed to race. The fat lady has sung. There will be no second wave of indictments. If I was a standardbred, I would be shitting bricks right about now. The whole industry is shot. Vets, trainers, owners, judges and yes, commissions are all complicit. Look at the suspension list that comes out every Friday. You have trainers now coming up positive for street drugs and getting a slap on the wrist. If Joe the plumber got pulled over and they found in his truck what horsemen are giving these poor horses, he would be thrown in jail for years.
The street drugs you are talking about are unfortunately in out environments these days. The levels they are looking at and sanctioning trainers for are insane. Any person can pass a drug screening with those levels. The allowed limit on Oxycodone for a commercial airline pilot is 50x what they are calling a positive in some jurisdictions
As far as I am concerned, if a horse comes up positive for a non veterinary drug, the penalty should be extreme. There is no reason for a horse to have oxycodone or morphine in its system. PS...Once again, I call major BULLSHIT on all these so called environmental positives such as wood shavings, grooms piss etc. It's just a way for the commissions to sweep it under the rug, especially if one their "favorite trainers" is the one who trips the red light.
Surick most definitely sung about other(s), as that's the only legit reason for him still being out passed his reporting date. The fact that the appeal was withdrawn and papers sealed, is because there's either a sitting Grand Jury still hearing evidence that he's partly providing, or already has, but indictment not yet activated. He's likely been told he's receiving a lesser sentence, that may even include no actual jail time, depending on how this active case plays out. There's no other cause for his remaining out but still under the original sentence.The fact that the Assistant Racing Commission was escorted out of his office several days ago, may or may not be part of what's to come.FBI Agents have been seen near some farms of who use to be very close to Surick. You can do the math if 1 +1 =2 before too long.
Allard went and did his bid like a man.
Allard did his time like a man? A man who stole money out of honest horsemen? A man who had no regard for a horse’s welfare? A man who did everything possible to cheat the betting public? A man who will be back doing the same things as soon as possible under some new beard. Screw Allard, Ledford, Surick and all the other scumbags who rotted harness racing forever.
I was never a trainer but I regularly wonder how difficult the job has become. It’s not just about the hours, travel, vet costs, feed, supplements etc that causes me to pause. It is what goes through a trainer’s mind knowing he is at such a huge disadvantage trying to win against the chemists and the tracks that allow it to continue. It reminds me of the heavy steroid era in baseball. At first it wasn’t about building body mass and strength. It was about using steroids to heal from injuries a lot faster. That really wasn’t so bad under the right conditions. But once companies like Balco started promoting these drugs as performance enhancing that’s when the game went to hell. Is this what happened to harness racing too? I don’t know but the dirty trainers have just killed the sport.
