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Originally Posted by Balletto
Absolutely there's an indirect involvement... just like any aspect of the sport has an indirect involvement with the other... some more than others.
But you cant possibly think that your average bettor is more important to the average breeder than the actual buyers at the sale.
Breeders sell to the buyers who race the horses the bettors bet on... its a circular industry that can be made or broken with the domino effect.
Everyone knows this... but not everyone is informed enough to make such sweeping statements as to lay blame for the sports deteriation on the breeding industry. Not that anyone specifically has in this thread, but its something that gets touched upon a lot.
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Do you honestly believe that the horses today, and more importantly the campaigns that they are given are enough to capture the imagination and bring glory to the sport? How many times have you read BTW and Phalaris speak about horses of the past (and fairly recently) and wonder why we don't see it anymore? You can't say the economics of business brings horses to the shed faster and then say that it's not hurting the sport at the same time.