Smolda simply breathtaking

[teecee]

Call me a cynic but NSW has the toughest drug testing in harness racing in this part of the world doesn't it?

Don't have a go at me for being negative - the results of increased testing speaks for itself. Industry shoots itself in the foot far better than a nobody like me could do.

Having said that.....nobody can argue with Mark Purdon's eye for horseflesh.....bought 4 horses from the APG sale in 2010 and 3 of them turn out to be Mr Nickel, Fly Like An Eagle, and Smolda. Unbelievable.

Let me be generous by not reading between the lines of this posting.
Suffice to say that NSW has a very long way to go to match the drug testing regime of the NZ RIU and especially on big days like this.
All hands on deck to supervise...
Pre race blood testing ALL Runners.
Post race blood testing selected random runners.
Post race swabs of first 2 home all races.
That comes after out of competition testing all runners often more than once in the weeks leading up to the event.

[little fish]

Let me be generous by not reading between the lines of this posting.
Suffice to say that NSW has a very long way to go to match the drug testing regime of the NZ RIU and especially on big days like this.
All hands on deck to supervise...
Pre race blood testing ALL Runners.
Post race blood testing selected random runners.
Post race swabs of first 2 home all races.
That comes after out of competition testing all runners often more than once in the weeks leading up to the event.

In Aust Rules Football (AFL) Ben Cousins was regularly tested, never failed a drug test, but was actually a drug addict who was using the whole time.

Explain that?