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Originally Posted by pba1817
My point is that if the industry would institute a minimum age for breeding to begin, then owners would be more inclined to run their horses for a longer period of time. Why not make the official minimum breeding age of 5 years? This will help the more recognizable horses stay in the limelight a little longer, and allow fans to be more appreciative of their skills and careers.
I have been to most of the tracks you listed.. some are great, some are ok, and some aren't so great.
Punishment should be worthy of an infraction, When you cheat the betting public and your fellow trainers/jockeys/owners, you should be JAILED, not fined/suspended. If racing officials and law enforcement would get in line on this "white collar" crime, then racing might remove the stigma of a cheaters paradise.
For a sample of the cheating that is accepted by this industry, take a look at the links here,
http://www.chrb.ca.gov/press_releases.htm
http://www.chrb.ca.gov/complaints.htm |
One of the things that you dont understand is that a great deal of money that is generated by the breeding and selling of horses is used by owners to subsidize racing stables which rarely generate enough money to sustain themselves. You as a bettor fail to understand that the owners who put on the show almost universally at a loss have to have the ability to get money back in order to maintain the racing side of the business. Everytime I read about how there should be rules regarding who can be bred or at what age I cringe. That a signifigant portion of the industry which is already getting hammered by the economic downturn and the rise in costs should put in rules that will make it even harder to stay afloat so that "fans" can "enjoy" the two or three horses that actually carry any name value a few times a year is ignorant. What happens to the three year old who sustains a major injury? Just put him in the freezer for a few years and thaw him out at 5? What about the bills like insurance for those horses? What about a nice mare who gets sick or hurt at a young age? Just pay bills for a few years on them while they stand in the field looking pretty? This idea is something that guys like Bill Finley came up with and those guys have zero idea of what goes on in reality and why things like this are not only never going to happen but are extremely harmful for not only a lot of people but horses too. You gonna sponsor a filly tht gets abandoned at 2 because she got hurt and no one wants to pay bills on her for three years?
So if they stop publishing violation on the internet then the cheating will have stopped? Jail time for infractions? This is just more of the same crap unrealistic people put out there. No doubt that ALL sports have issues and racing among them but a lot of this "cheating" is nothing more than minor violations of poorly written and enforced medication rules that have no effect on the horses actual performance. Like I said before if they stopped publishing these violations on the internet would cheating just disappear?