Respected trainer Graham Motion shared the following statement on Twitter Tuesday in support of the Horseracing Integrity and Safety Act.
“Let's give what we have a chance,” he wrote.
“I have read a lot of well-informed opinions from well-spoken representatives of our sport recently, all of them with good intentions and suggestions. I am going to give you one more.
“Finally, we have a governing body for our sport in the Horseracing Integrity and Safety Authority; and we have leadership who can speak for us in HISA's CEO Lisa Lazarus. We have an opportunity to get behind her and what she represents, something our sport has been crying out for since I first got involved 30 years ago. Other progress can be made from that model once HISA has had a chance to become firmly established. There are going to be growing pains, but give it a chance because the alternative is not great. You can joke or fuss about their stance on the whip rules, but not too much is said about the whip anymore and our sport is better for it. You can complain about the lack of Lasix in stakes races, but I barely hear it mentioned on the big days anymore and we are better for it. We run for extraordinary purses in our sport and with that should come increased integrity and responsibility.
“Things are not going to remain the same, the world is constantly changing around us. We need to do better, we must before its too late.”
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— GrahamMotion (@GrahamMotion) June 13, 2023
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