Justify it ain't so!

[wrongly1]

This story will get fun if Mick Ruis goes ahead with legal action.

https://www.horseracingnation.com/news/Report_Bolt_dOro_owner_thinks_Justify_news_warrants_lawsuit_123

[melbatoast]

Word on the street is this story may have been leaked by the jockey club itself as a means to garner support for their Horse Racing Integrity Act bill.

No idea if that\'s true or not, just what someone told me and I think Byk almost alluded as much on his show Thursday morning.  Believe he even went so far as to say we might even see more of these hit pieces in the coming weeks/months.

I want to believe these kind of rumors are untrue but TJC do seem pretty desperate to advance their National/Uniformity policy goals and it isn\'t like they haven\'t been known to be a bully in the past in order to get people to fall in line.  That would be the epitome of surreptitious if they are behind these kind of leaks, essentially trying to undermine their own industry in order to advance an unpopular bill seemingly only they, PETA, and a few industry comrades support.  

The thought of that being the case is nauseating so here\'s hoping my source is wrong.  But people do deserve to know what might be happening \"behind the curtain\".  Have a good weekend.

[Rich Curtis]

\"But people do deserve to know what might be happening \'behind the curtain\'.\"

This is an odd closing sentence in a post lamenting leaks.

[Al Caught Up]

if that\'s the case, wonder Who leaked it to the Jockey Club?

[BitPlayer]

I\'m not a Drape or PETA fan, but I\'m a little tired of people in horse racing (or in politics for that matter) attacking the messenger rather than addressing the message.  It\'s time for a little sunlight in racing.  If, as TGJB has suggested on numerous occasions, all test results were published, and there was a spate of jimson-weed-related positives, it would have been obvious, the CHRB would (one hopes) have addressed it promptly, and this whole situation would have been avoided.  Alan Foreman on Steve Byk\'s show kept going on about the need for confidentiality.  No!  You are asking for slots and other subsidies for your sport and for the public to bet on it.  There is a requirement for openness that goes with that.

[TGJB]

What was his reason for \"needing confidentiality\"?

[Rich Curtis]

He thinks Baffert is an icon. God help us.

[BitPlayer]

This is what good reporting looks like:

https://sports.nbcsports.com/2019/09/25/story-behind-justify-positive-drug-test/

[Bet Twice]

Thanks for sharing, and agree this is much more thorough.  Unfortunately, most people will never read it and the asterisk will always remain in their minds.