Handicapping amnesty similar to BHA's on the Flat would aid integrity

When the reconstructed non-triers’ rule came into being on the same day as Donald Trump's inauguration, it was hard to avoid musing that we were entering a brave new world.

As expected, Trump’s early presidential tenure has made for car crash viewing, and his first attempt to pass major legislative changes ended in spectacular failure when the Republicans’ health care bill was pulled before being voted on in the House of Representatives. There's many a slip between cup and lip.

At least the Turf Club’s motivation for rewriting rule 212 was born of legitimate aspirations, and with considerably less bark and bluster than Trump’s many objectionable plans for reform. Nonetheless, it too would stand or fall on its implementation.