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05-28-2009, 02:18 PM
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Look.. As many know, I'm very friendly with Marty and Karla Wolfson, so I'm going to be biased in this conversation. It would be nice if trainers didn't need to use any medication to keep the horses running, but they do, and will continue to. As the conversation with Dr. Lewis of RMTC concluded yesterday, the public perception is going to be negative whenever there is ANY kind of 'positive'.
Within racing, people can differentiate between things like anti-inflammatory overages and more nefarious positives. But the overall impression of the public is that anything in this area constitutes 'cheating'. So as with steroids and their negative implication, these infractions have to stop. One way to make this particular playing field level would be to have Model Rules applied through all jurisdictions. Then there will be no explanations, excuses or otherwise because everyone will have a standard set of guidelines to be working under. And there has been great progress on the Model Rules initiative...
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