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Originally Posted by blackthroatedwind
I'm not being naive, and I understand what you're saying, but I still don't believe the public should be allowed unfettered access to the backstretch. It's a place of business, where the participants are prepared for the public part of the business.
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I, myself, have got "unfettered" access to the backstretch at both KEE and Saratoga - going barn to barn with no credientals on me and no security in sight. Obviously tracks with expensive horses.
The press collectively does an abysmal job of reporting on when they ought to be reporting on...I think it's a major disservice to an on-track fan to have to rely upon their hackery ... when they can simply use their own legs and find out what they want to find out.
You're also denying the public an oppertunity to observe on their own time. Which should never happen in a sport with dying popularity.
I think it's a little silly to think anyone is going to really disrupt any of the "business" that goes on back there.