Quote Originally Posted by candykisses View Post
Craig
Are you for real ?Trainer's like The Fitzpatricks , The Turnbull's,The Hancocks,The Day's, Jason Proctor , Denis Wilson, Anthony Bucca, Joe Rando Darrin Binskin, etc , Between them they have won every race worth winning, Now suddenly they can't compete ?

My partner have been holidaying at Port Stephens and decided to go to Maitland Trots on Sat Night , as Letusrocku turned for home a punter behind us started Booing ,after the race my partner said what's up mate did you back a loser ,He then produced a ticket out of his pocket and showed us that he had bet $200 on the winner ,he went on to say it was the first time he had felt disgust at backing a winner. Over the next half hour or so I have never seen so many well known and respected harness people looking at each other with raised eyebrows and shaking their heads. I wouldn't dare print what some weir saying.

I know some may be just shooting of at the mouth, and it is so easy to label them all as crying poor, but I think any one who isn't just a little suspicious are in the minority.
Cassie I can certainly relate to your last sentence. In the end the trots is a gambling game, even for participants who never bet, because they are still investing heavily in time and effort and we're all hoping for a winner. So you have to keep your guard up at all times to some degree. You know what they say about a fool and his money. I don't think you can blame anyone for having suspicions.
This is why it's so important for administrators to keep the game above board. It doesn't matter what sport or game is involved, if it's a gambling game and the people running it allow cheating to go on, the game is finished sooner or later.
For one thing you need straight stewards which we did not have for some time sadly. Secondly the stewards must have an extremely high level of scrutiny over participants, and straight participants should welcome that for their own good as well as the good of the sport.