Blasi fined...

Originally Posted by blackthroatedwind

I can't imagine anybody realistically thought there was any funny business going on but considering the shenanigans this barn has been proven to have been involved in I would say they should get whatever is the maximum fine.

One of the biggest problems facing racing is the continued nonchalance with which people flaunt the rules and the lack of real penalties applied when these rules are broken. I would say this lacksidasical approach has a lot to do with getting us to where we are now....which is pretty much a game full of cheating whether you like it or not.

I really can't see what if any relation this incident has to cheating.
The horse identifier has the job of identifying the lip tatto and matching it to the the papers on the horse.
These guys are quite diligent about their work, I've read about horses getting scratched because they brought over the wrong horse, but very few if any actually running under the wrong identity.
Noone in their right mind would attempt this, noone.
The guy got hit for 2500, and I'm sure that Veitch and company(himself having been a trainer) called in the people associated with the event and questioned them as to how it happened.
Noone is sweeping it under the rug, and I don't see this an event that shatters my faith in anything. If anything horseplayers should be happy that the identifier is diligent and competent.