S30 E5: The Undercover Mother | Bad Results
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He had an intense disposition, but not aggressive. Loved his work, loved his job.
Jim McElhaney knows Harvey Tenenbaum, but that's not who he's describing.
He had big, strong front quarters and back quarters. He was a very good-looking horse. He was very well put together. He was very stout and strong.
Second spot is Judas Wildrush. Jim's a retired jockey, and he rode Harvey's top-performing stallion to victory.
Judith's Wild Rush was second in the cartier last year, and this year he gets all the marbles.
Judith's Wild Rush. That's the horse, named after Harvey's wife, Judith. It was a moneymaker. He only paid $7,500 for it. But in its six years of racing, it earned Harvey about a million bucks.
It's my privilege to announce the winner. of this award. The winner is Judith's Wild Rush. You're unbelievable.
Who is Harvey Tenenbaum and what is his role?
Thanks to the voters.
Yet despite all the prizes and the pageantry, as a jockey, Jim only really interacted with Harvey in the paddock right before the race.
Owners are all different. There's some owners who like to spend a lot of time at the barn. Harvey was more up in the grandstand.
From there, Harvey would watch and see if today was his lucky day.
An owner who's been around longer knows that there are no guarantees in horse racing and anything can happen. So they don't usually get themselves too wound up about any one situation.
And that was Harvey. Unflappable, according to Jim. We don't know much about Harvey, other than the fact that he owns Viaguard Acumetrics. He doesn't return our emails or calls. Though we've learned he's been racing horses since the 70s, and he's owned at least 150 horses over the years.
Breach of duty.
Immunity.
Scandals keep coming.
And another top earner. Scam.
What is the undercover plan to investigate Acumetrics?
Scam.
Yes, Harvey had a horse name scam. The horse was born in 2010, a year when Harvey let horse racing take a back seat and his winnings took a nosedive. And perhaps that's because Harvey had a new focus, getting his lab up and running in the east end of Toronto and adding prenatal paternity testing to the Viaguard Acumetrics website. But what about all those horse names? What story do they tell? And more importantly, what's Harvey's story? And can we get it? Well, we do on Hidden Camera. I'm Rachel Houlihan. This is Bad Results, Chapter 5, The Undercover Mother. Hey, can you hear me?
I can hear you. Where are you right now?
So we're just on a side street off of Kingston Road. So I just want to go over the game plan and what we're trying to accomplish here just to make sure that I get what we need. What Jorge and I need is to get inside BioGuard Acumetrix. After months of piecing together details from former customers and staff, the only way to get a true picture is to go inside and meet Harvey in person. But I'm not going in as a journalist. CBC is allowing me to go in undercover, posing as someone needing a paternity test. I am a little nervous, but I think I'm just going to say that. Because I think a lot of people that do go in, or people that are seeking paternity tests in general, are often a little bit nervous.
Yeah, yeah. Just roll with it.
Just roll with it. Okay. Okay. Okay. All right. Bye. I'm going to be secretly recording my visit on a few different devices. Some I'm wearing, some I'm holding.
So they're all working now.
In the van, my tech support does one last check of the gear.
What happens during Rachel's visit to Acumetrics?
Oh my God.
And finally, it's time. So, hi. I called a little while ago and I talked to Mr. or Dr. Herbie Tenenbaum and he said I could come in and have a chat with him about one of the tests that I want to do. Oh, okay, sure. Have a seat. What's your name? Rachel. Okay, what's the test you want to do, Rachel? A paternity test. Okay, have a seat. Okay, thanks. The waiting room looks like a low-rent dentist's office. It's very sparse.
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Chapters
7 chapters
1
What is the main topic of this episode?
0:00–1:35
2
Who is Harvey Tenenbaum and what is his role?
1:35–2:40
3
What is the undercover plan to investigate Acumetrics?
2:40–5:05
4
What happens during Rachel's visit to Acumetrics?
5:05–9:41
5
How accurate are paternity tests offered by Acumetrics?
9:41–12:30
6
What ethical concerns arise from covert DNA collection?
12:30–13:53
7
What are the implications of the paternity test results?
13:53–31:29