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Originally Posted by Rupert Pupkin
They have caught guys the same day. Do you remember when they had PB under surveillance in New York and they caught him giving his horse a shot on race day?
The detention barn made it so that some guys couldn't cheat any more. There was the one big trainer who was winning in New York at about a 25% clip and after they initiated the detention barn his win percentage dropped down to about 5% and he movedd all his horses to Delaware.
I agree with you that there are obviously guys that are still cheating and there is stuff that does not need to be administered within a few hours of the race. But at least the detention barn eliminates alot of the conventional cheating that was going on. You can't milkshake a horse 2 hours before the race any more.
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Since the perception is that there are lots of guys cheating, one guy who was caught 10 years ago doesnt make much of a stand. The detention barn was created so that NYRA can say it is doing something even if that something isnt not very effective. You used one example of a trainer that has left NY since the detention barn was started but he cant possibly be the only one that this has affected could it? Why hasn't it had any affect on any other of the suspicious guys?
The detention barn is a major negative if it is the primary source of a tracks efforts to curb illegal behavior because it is relatively ineffective overall and completely useless against other types like EPO or milkshaking. While NYRA is
to be commended for doing something it is simply the tip of the iceberg when trying to combat illegal behavior. What you have in theory eliminated are things that are simply given before a horse goes into the detention barn. Do you seriously think that research was done when it was determined that the best time to give Lasix is 4 hours out? It was total guesswork. Plenty of things that are given have just as much effectiveness given 6 or 8 hours out.