Read Says Doping & Fixing Rampant
Prominent bookmaker & punter Mark Read triggered headlines declaring “Doping & Race Fixing Rampant” after telling The Daily Telegraph that “race fixing & doping are widespread” & “Australian racing has an integrity problem that has existed for years, but nothing has been done about it” because “officials are adopting a head-in-the-sand attitude to the problem”. Read declared: “The policy of the racing industry & the TABs that drive the industry is that we don’t want any bad publicity because it affects turnover. In the last few years, there’s been a massive use & abuse of performance enhancing drugs. There’s not enough resources going into keeping Australian racing drug-free. The industry knows there is a problem, but once again it’s been pushed under the table because it’s all about public opinion. There are horses racing on EPO, people cheating the system taking them on & off the gear.” Read summed up: “This is the biggest story in the racing industry & no-one is game to have a crack at it.” (Oct 19)

Ahhh the old head in the sand routine....

A senior customs official once told me that it was impossible to control the importation of drugs into Australia.He said money means nothing to these people.They can buy "anyone".

"Buy Anyone"That is the end game of mega dollars.Delaying the transmission of the last minute of price fluctuations is worth millions to some people.It's happening daily,we can all see it.If there is a good reason for it let's start hearing it...

By the way, I will not be drawn into schoolyard name calling.