Needed: Independent Agency
“Racing is at a crossroads on many fronts these days. The New York Racing Association has its back up against the wall. The National Thoroughbred Racing Association is in a leadership transition. The Thoroughbred Championship Tour is trying to get off the ground. Purses face erosion from off-shore betting schemes. But the single greatest problem facing the game — how to restore integrity to the race itself — is not receiving the attention it so desperately requires.” What racing needs, writes Barry Irwin, is an independent agency like the United States Anti-Doping Agency. (Blood-Horse)
