The victimization mentality has thrived very well for a long time in this game. It's the handicapper's job to ascertain things as the relative health of the entrants, trainer's intentions, etc, and these tasks can to a large degree be effectively accomplished by learning how to making proper use of the data in the pp charts.
Analogy is the weakest form of argument.
To somehow infer that you or anyone can scope out this little hoax is bizarre at best. Tracks and stewards clearly violated their fiduciary responsibilities. For you to gloss over this and make it our problem is assine. If you want money in the pools to win , which you brag about more than anyone on the list, then you better care about the integrity of the game. Sore horses have been common in racing for years.