Quote Originally Posted by HISGEN65 View Post
hi all
jeezzz where do you start when talking about cheats in the industry??..one thing that I will say is that in my humble opinion
the penaltys are way too lenient.It seems before you know it your again racing against the same proven & convicted cheats
that have just been sent on holidays..so I am guessing that some of these dirt bags feel its "worth the risk"
This leads me to the next thing thats shits me off..it doesnt take rocket science to see where alot of these horses get transferred to
once someone goes for a holiday.This again adds the notion that its "worth the risk" as they will still be pulling the strings anyways.
Its like anything in life...if the penalties & consequences for ones actions far outweigh the risk & the ensueing rewards most will think twice
So to answer the original posters question "Can Drug Testing alone catch or stop DRUG cheats"
no they wont....but the heavier penalties & or consequences may
G'day James,
I have to say mate your post read a bit like my own thoughts, HRNSW finally introduced, IMO realistic penalties, together with an improved, but thus far not hole proof policy on how the the transfer of disqualified trainers' horses ( since the Gleeson's lets say team) might be handled to satisfactorily deal with "pretend tranfers" and people start bitching about the new penalties are too severe.... there are some who are even claiming steroid "overages" should be treated as a mere miscalculation of therapeutics...that shits me something horrible to be honest, I'm sure some will argue that just about everything is used as a "therapeutic" in order to make it all sound a bit more innocent, these same people will carry on a bit every now and then to make it sound like they do not tolerate drugs in the game but it appears to me they really only care about who gets caught and who doesn't and they design they're arguments accordingly.

James, one thing is for absolute certain, cause maths don't lie....the longer the grubs that stretch the rules spend on the sidelines, the less grubs we all have to contend with each week and I am ABSOLUTELY CERTAIN that the honest people will all agree with that statement at least.

thanks for your post, good to hear from someone who doesn't fall for the bullshit.

Cheers,
Dan