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Originally Posted by ELA
I think the reality is that it does. I think owners who lose often automatically label high % winning trainers as cheaters. I see it, I hear it, first hand. I think other trainers sometimes do. And, I think handicappers often do as well. Some are right, some are wrong, and some have no idea what they are talking about.
For the most part, I still think in this business there is a "where there's smoke, there's fire" mentality.
Eric
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The guy from Woodbine that trains Hollywood Hit, Terry Jordan is an example of where there was smoke there was fire, you knew something was amiss but didn't have the ammo to say it publically at the time, most knowledgable horseplayers know when something is up by watching how horses perform day in day out.
In his case his horses were winning at a ridiculous rate of 50%(maybe higher I don't have the exact % needless to say it was eye catching) up until that horse tested positive, one of the leading Trainer's at the time was Scott Farlie who was winning at a mere 20% in comparison, there is no way a Trainer should be that far ahead statistically given a genuine sampling of horses running.