The long-term bodes ill but all is far from lost for racing

By Duncan Stearn

“RACING only exists for the betting,” said 2UE sports broadcaster John Stanley on the 14 June edition of the ABC Sunday sports program Offsiders.

“The romance that we love is funded by the betting, so with so much competition for the betting dollar in the world if you’ve got no integrity and there’s suggestions there’s dodginess happening, which this certainly suggests, that’s a real problem long-term for racing.”

His comments followed a brief piece on the issue of cobalt being found in a number of racehorses and the subsequent penalties being handed down to a handful of Victorian trainers.

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