Despite all this BS, it is still just an example of big money ruling the day! The giant corporations are handing out the envelopes and the corrupt legislators are gobbling them up ( mostly Republicans I dare say)! Despite the negative comments of many participants on this forum, like it or not, the standardbred industry has been around for a long time and has a rich tradition! Sure it has problems and needs changes, so does everything but to eliminate it for the benefit of a handful of greedy corporations is just wrong!