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All due respect rainman---I watched that movie--he was a mathematical wizard. So you of all people should know that if you start a horse 90 times and never draw the rail-those odds would be highly unlikely-due to the "Law of large numbers" a cornerstone of mathematics. Now not saying its impossible--but a reasonable person would deduct that "shenanigans" in the race office would be almost a certainty .eg In Roulette you may rarely see 10-15 blacks or reds come up in a row--but spin that wheel 1000 times and the numbers even out close to 50-50.Cory Stratton drawing the rail 5 times in a row at Yonkers recently-those odds are about 50000/1--again not impossible but certainly raises eyebrows. Same goes for many many questionable draws done in "secret", the claims done behind closed doors.owners knowing before the draw that they would win the claim etc etc. Like Law and Order posted--if the FBI investigated---race fixing penalties are nothing minor and quite a few officials would be out of a job.
The draws are all done by computer these days. Only way to fix the draw is classify the race as handicap. The computer puts a time stamp on when race is drawn so. It like he can just keep redraw the race till he gets what he wants.
Where there a will there is a way-and computers can be fixed so there is an algorithm/hack for certain trainers to draw better posts--easy fix-any competent computer programmer can see to that. Where is this computer-??-and who is in charge of it--if its on the internet-it can be hacked. Ask republicans if they believe Computers can be rigged LOL. How do you think all those slot machines at Casinos work and social media sites ? OR who actually checks the computer draw? No One checks the claim draw--no one checks which horses were picked in the entries to race--all done by the race secretaries.. Call me crazy--I don't care--but when I see these anomalies in the draws--I question them because after listening to old timers telling me how corrupt the officials have been over the years and what people can do with computers these days--my antennae are up.
Anybody remember a guy named Michael Signore? Saratoga legend who was Steve Starr's assistant many moons ago.
There is a simple solution to the race draws by the secretaries. Have them ALL done with cameras and with the round marbles, for the public to watch online and that will solve the problem. Too many times the SAME trainers draw inside and the SAME ones draw outside. They make it look somewhat legit with the occasional inside draw for the small trainers. Closed circuit online camera draws should be MANDATORY at ALL racetracks.