War waged on Kiwi drug cheats - with video

[Harnesslink News Bot]

Harness racing authorities in New Zealand say they are waging and winning a war against drug cheats.

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[eljay]

Harness racing authorities in New Zealand say they are waging and winning a war against drug cheats.


Once again Harness is made to look the villains while the Thoroughbreds sit back and say (and do) absolutely nothing. I'm sure Harness followers would love to know what the policy is in respect of thoroughbred trainers with the new initiatives. Can we be assured that there will be no carpet to sweep any indiscretions under? I think the least the Integrity unit can do is make a statement to the effect that Thoroughbreds will be as rigorously monitored as the Harness Industry. Perhaps it would be timely to interview Mr George or Mr Godber on the overall situation in respect of the detection of drugs in all forms of racing.

[Don Corleone]

Exactly eljay. It seems the RIU has poured everything at their disposal into harness racing and thats great however there is very little reporting re the other two codes that they are responsible for. I am not sure a interview with Mr George would inform us any better though as he does seem to say the same thing in every interview.