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Originally Posted by parsixfarms
Is it me, or is it ridiculous that racing jurisdictions are continuing to accept entries from this guy? If they have the evidence, the tracks should enforce their private property rights and revoke his stalls and bar him from running. Otherwise, this mess will get dragged through the legal system (and I say this as a lawyer), and justice will be delayed and denied.
Before people start with the "innocent until proven guilty" line, as far as racing goes, this is not a criminal matter. The same rights/protections do not apply. The stall applications at most tracks say that management has the absolute right to deny/revoke privileges (similar to an at-will employee who can be fired at any time, for any reason or no reason at all) at any time. I wish some of these track execs would have the guts to exercise these rights; until they do, cleaning up the game will be left to the ineffective government regulators.
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There is no doubt in my mind if he didn't have the powerful owners that he has he would have been tossed off the grounds of Keeneland on the spot. As much as I hate to say it I believe he will skate on this. Just as Assmussen and other high profile guys never seem to lose any business despite troubles similar to this. The "leaders" of the industry are not that concerned with cleaning up the sport because many of them are highly involved with those who need to be cleansed. Sad but true.