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Originally Posted by Cannon Shell
The problem is that this change seems to have very little upside. Foreign horses have competed in the race before and should be held to the same qualifing standards as the rest. It would be interesting if an American horse went over and won the race. The fact that CD is allowing a horse in with special status because he happens to be based in Europe is troubling especially since they are giving out a bonus to them and the racing at their tracks here is suffering. Just another case of CDI missing the big picture and spending every waking hour trying squeeze one more dollar out of the Derby while the racing product at their tracks on a day to day basis is crumbling.
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While i can understand this i live in a state where through greed & dislike of change the racing industry is dying all trainers & owners are leaving for the other states for the money ,Money drives the industry hence the more money that is bought in the better racing is.
Victoria by turning their races into a world wide product created a hell of alot of money that flowed on to the clubs eg with a million dollar up grade of the track this year & a increase of prize money by 7% I think prizemoney for the cup alone is now up to 5 mil.
So while i can see what you are talking about where the greedy FA's keep the money & it dosnt flow on, you dont want it to end up like here where the races & facilities have become a joke with poor fields & no money because everyone has moved
