Ortiz Bros

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Originally Posted by jms62

If you or anyone think I am insinuating any nefarious activity is going on here than that is on you. My point is the situation shouldn't exist where there can be any perception of brothers working together even if that perception is flat out wrong. Does that clarify things? When one finishes second on an Odds on and his brother wins there are people that are going to say WTF and that perception is not good for the sport. If it happens too often that is something our overzealous media will run with and you know the media convicts without a trial.

Not sure what you want the tracks to do. Ban them from riding in the same race? Even if there were validity to what you're very clearly suggesting, it would be an extremely difficult thing to prove.

I wouldn't put anything past anyone at the racetrack, but IMO the only reason we might think we see a pattern is because they have the same last name. Guys give questionable rides every single day, but they don't have the same last name as each other, so it doesn't register in our minds as a trend.

Cornelio Velasquez has been riding at almost a criminally incompetent level for most of this year and I'm way more concerned about that than making it so two terrific jockeys can't ride against each other because of conjecture.