Unfortunately, it's people like you that understand this and not the majority of people that will be watching the Belmont for the first time or a horse race for the first time. I happen to think that O'Neill winning the TC will be bad for the sport. Fair or not, perception often outpaces reality and the perception of a lot of people outside of the sport is that it's full of cheaters and degenerates. Having a trainer with the record that O'Neill has will only further that perception. Having the spotlight in your shining moment being taken by a guy that's suspect in many eyes and a downright cheater in others, a guy that just got suspended, is not good I don't think. It would be like having Ron Artest, Latrell Sprewell, and Rasheed Wallace standing up to accept the gold medal at the Olympics for the basketball team.
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