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Originally Posted by parsixfarms
This is the reason why they need meaningful penalties when they finally catch the cheaters. The lax penalties where trainers serving suspensions can turn the barn over to an assistant, so it effectively remains "business as usual," are a farce. I think we all agree that, with money on the line, there will always be a segment of the population that will utilize improper techniques to try to grab that money. Only after racing commissioners/track operators hand down severe penalties that actually act as a meaningful deterrent to improper conduct might things start to change.
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I believe you have to beat up the owners some as well. I would:
1. Extend the Absolute Responsibility rule to owners. Fine and suspend owners as well as trainers.
2. Deny entry to all horses owned or trained by the violators for a good period of time.
Just imagine what would happen if cheating Trainer A gives the gook to a cheap claimer owned by Owner X, gets caught and then Trainer A's stakes steed owned by Owner Y has to be transfered (along with all of Owner Y's horses) in order to run.