Geez they didn't miss him.
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A six month suspension for pulling a horse up is not harsh IMO. In the "old days", it was a 12 month disqualification.
If you want the sport cleaned up of drug cheats and drivers running dead, if you want the public perception of the sport improved and betting turnover increased before the industry becomes virtually extinct, then a six month disqualification is not too harsh.
The cheating culture within harness racing must be stopped.
Keep up the good work Reid Saunders.
I couldnt agree with you more Trevor...in my humble opinion race fixing,pulling up horses,team driving etc etc is more
detrimental to the sport by a country mile then lets say,a trainer who slips his horse a bit of extra bicarb(which I dont condone either obviously)
TAB turnover is what is drummed into us none stop...punters will not invest their hard earned dollars into our sport when blatant visual
suspect occurings keep happening right in front of their eyes.As far as I see it that is the bottom line when discussing TAB turnover & the sport's attempt to recapture it.
All cheating is equally bad as far as i am concerned. Gambling sports simply must have a zero tolerance approach to cheating if they want to survive.
Some may see it differently but can see a comparison between the Formosa drive and the Willick drive yesterday at Menangle.....big difference in the penalty though.
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