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Assumption junction

By Jay Cronley
Special to ESPN.com

Monday, September 14, 2009

Today's piece is about number 4 on the list of ways to improve horse racing, below numbers 1 (reduce the house take-out), 2 (make a scratch mandatory if a horse busts through a gate), and 3 (stop the on-site IRS forms), and above 5 (please disinfect the betting machine screens and TV's on a regular basis). Number 4 is: Make the stewards available to the public. Who knows who is up there in the isolation booth -- about the only time I can recall having seen a racing steward for any period of ti ...

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