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Wow.. This is going to be fun to watch. USTA, Faraldo, Taylor, Campbell and Gural in power struggle. I don’t see anyone backing off. What is your opinion ?
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Whatever credibility the USTA had, they are losing more of it every single day, both by what they are doing and not doing. It is time for them to go.The USTA's own claims state that they brought order to what had been chaos in the horse racing sport/industry. They claimed that in years prior, "the sport was administered by regional organizations, each with differing rules, that often failed to honor each other's suspensions." Then, they go on to state, "The USTA, which since 1948 has been headquartered in Columbus, Ohio, ruled as the sport's sole regulatory body until the 1960s, before the state racing commissions took over most of those functions, but the USTA retains an important role in the sport today because of its mission and grassroots leadership." Interesting, right?The USTA, for the most part has never truly been a "governing" body, although history can be debated. To what end? Zero. It's history, it's in the past, it's over. Today the USTA could not be further from a governing body, although -- they want people to believe they are, they want people to believe they have the power to do so, they want do so when it suits their purpose or they feel threatened by some perceived territoriality. If you are smart, look past the BS and you will see exactly what's going on here. The USTA played no role in any of the investigation, litigation, or prosecution of one person. Not one! They played zero role in the indictments, prosecution, and results. They did nothing. Now pay attention. Here's where the USTA is using deflection and trying to get you to look at one thing so that you can't see another. They want you to look at something, so you can't see the truth. Here it is...the USTA is telling you how they see an investigation -- into Taylor being excluded -- as their job, their responsibility, under their purview. They are going to investigate, have a meeting, and do what? Talk? Make announcements? Make decisions? Publicize their findings, which are nothing more than their opinion? This is their # 1 priority! That's their decision -- the fact that this is their # 1 priorty.However, they had zero to say, meet, talk about, decide and so on...when the original event happened that caused the exclusion!!! It's absolutely 1000% transparent to me that the USTA wants to focus on THAT TAYLOR GOT EXCLUDED, as opposed to WHY HE GOT EXCLUDED. The USTA will paint the picture the Gural is the bad guy. He is wrong. They will huff and puff, yell and scream, hypothesize and articulate. It means nothing. All they can do is support Taylor in his fight against Gural. And, they are starting a war they cannot win. Period. Remember, outside of their role in: Breed Registry, Licensing for drivers and trainers, and Database Management (for racing and breeding records, and statistics regarding participants) -- everything else they do is by their leisure. It's because they built the ability and the infrastructure to do so. They are not authorized by some governing body to do so, nor are they the governing body. These services that they provide, along with others, are not exclusive to them.That have no authority. None. Zero. The USTA is going to claim that the "crime" is Gural excluding Taylor. They will not even reference that the potential crime is why Taylor’s name was on the "hot list" and what did Taylor do or not, what did he purchase and not purchase, did he distribute or not distribute, and so on. ishman’s list, not why Taylor’s name was on Fishman’s list in the first place. Johnny Cochran, like him or not, believe he was a good attorney or not, had a standard MO. He would cast aspersions, shed light on, and divert attention to behavior, beliefs, morals, values, ethics, and credibility of Judges, Prosecutors, Lawmakers, and other...but would never, ever even mention, yet alone look at...the behavior and actions of his own client.
Grandstand, thank your informative post. We should be thankful the USTA is not our regulatory arm.. You have helped us see where there priorities are.
I fully agree with what your content is stating. So to further this in simplified terms, its really a battle between Russell Williams, defiant stand against HISA, and Gural's quest to incorporate HISA, which was a battle that has been ongoing for several years now. Howard Taylor unwittingly IS THE PAWN, whether he cares to admit it or not, being used by Russell Williams, visa vie the USTA, (At they're expense by the way), to battle the uncompromising track owner of the Industries Main Events.
