What percentage of trainers cheat

[Riot]

What percentage of horse trainers do you really feel are cheating regularly, by using illegal drugs to move up or hold back horses?

[justindew]

Originally Posted by Riot

What percentage of horse trainers do you really feel are cheating regularly, by using illegal drugs to move up or hold back horses?

69%

[Riot]

Originally Posted by justindew

69%

I had to make the poll up, go vote

[Riot]

Assuming you guys answered honestly, it's a bit shocking to me that people think over 50% of the trainers in the business are juicing horses.

Especially when you look at the rates of drug positives out of NY or CA.

[SniperSB23]

Originally Posted by Riot

Assuming you guys answered honestly, it's a bit shocking to me that people think over 50% of the trainers in the business are juicing horses.

Especially when you look at the rates of drug positives out of NY or CA.

What makes you think that it is even possible to test positive for some of the stuff they are cheating with?

[Riot]

Because there aren't that many magic bullets.

The amazing thing is that this list thinks most horse trainers are dishonest, are cheaters.

[SniperSB23]

Originally Posted by Riot

Because there aren't that many magic bullets.

The amazing thing is that this list thinks most horse trainers are dishonest, are cheaters.

I'm sure it is probably below 50% of total trainers that are cheating but it wouldn't surprise me if 50% of races won were from the barns of cheating trainers.

[Riot]

Originally Posted by SniperSB23

I'm sure it is probably below 50% of total trainers that are cheating but it wouldn't surprise me if 50% of races won were from the barns of cheating trainers.

Yeah, probably a better way of phrasing it.

A better poll would have been, if you are watching a day of races at one of the bigger tracks (Santa Anita, Keeneland, Saratoga, Belmont, etc) - what percentage of horses do you think are running juiced right in front of your eyes? One in each race? Three a day?