Quote Originally Posted by Stolly View Post
Not only that, the guides races were big gambling events too..... so would almost certainly have had an awful lot of fixed results and petty bribery. Anyway, that said, races and sports matches should be all about winning or, failing that, doing your absolute best. Sport is competition, that's the whole point.
Fair comment Brian; but if you read the post from Noel (that I quoted), he acknowledges "winning" but not at all costs. Winning is only an achievement if it is "within the rules" / "on a level playing field" etc. A win by cheating is worthless.