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You've got to hand it to the USTA. When you complain to them about rampant drug use, they respond that all they are is a record keeping association and can't do anything about it. Now, they want to sway you to vote against a bill that wants to fight drug use head on with stricter testing, rules and larger penalties. Why would I vote against something like that? Here is the real reason why the USTA wants you to vote NO. The big breeding farms run the USTA. Hell, the President of the USTA ran Hanover for years. The big breeding farms want to sell their horses for inflated prices to the wealthy owners whose horses are trained by the biggest offenders of PED's. Burke, Allard, Brown, Oakes, Takter etc. If the playing field is leveled by the FEDS, these cheaters will no longer control all the big stakes and parity will occur. Mom and Pops off bred horse will suddenly be competitive against the Blue Bloods. This will enable you to buy a sensibly priced yearling and actually have a chance to win against the cheaters on the big stage. These big breeding farms want you to think that it's their farms bloodlines that are winning all the big races when in fact it is their PED using trainers whom are the reason for their success. Remember, these are the trainers who constantly come up positive for a myriad of things and yet somehow never get dealt anything more than a slap on the wrist. The USTA wants to keep it that way.
