I'm with Neil on this one. We must have free and open scrutiny of any issues which in our opinion affects us(the punters) detrimentally.
As stated, some of these individuals would like racing to be an exclusive "gentleman's club" with us plebs providing the fodder to boost prizemoney to bolster their fat bank balances.
All participants in racing, be they jockeys, trainers, owners, stewards and any licenced person should be accountable. What difference is there between some shady practices occuring on the racecourse and minor fraud and petty theft offences-in my book they are in the same category. Forget about this being a sport or a pastime it is a fully fledged business enterprise which I understand is the third ranking industry employer in the country.