Mr. Denis Egan:

I do not agree with the Senator there. The majority of people involved in the IHRB have expertise that is important for horse racing. I reiterate that we have a very strict conflict-of-interest policy. Anyone who has a conflict of interest does not get involved in any decision that may be of benefit to them. I believe there are some 100 stewards around the State. I am not sure how familiar the Senator is with horse racing, but if he looked at the stewards' inquiry reports at the end of any given day, he will see that a "Mr. Whoever" had absented himself from that inquiry. They all stand out. The advantage we have in using such expertise is that we have very good experts available to us and it is beneficial to the sport to have that expertise. One cannot have experts in sport who do not understand the sport.