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Originally Posted by Cannon Shell
I do wish that top horses would race more and run at 4 but does 2 campaigns of a top horse make a big difference when you are comparing horseracing to other sports where the stars play for 10 or more years. I just dont buy into the theory that the sport would somehow become mainstream if Curlin or Big brown were to run till they were 6. And while we can bag on Shiekh Mo for retiring horses and having bizzare campaigns with them there are a lot of owners that need to sell their horses at their peak because they arent billionaires. If they wind up in the breeding shed so be it.
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it's a niche sport, everyone may as well get used to that idea. i don't buy the thought that it's 'dying', it's been on life support for years according to some. it's hanging in there just fine, but will never see the likes of it's biggest days again-it's a different world. no way it'll be mainstream like football and baseball.
we would enjoy seeing the top horses run more, and sometimes we all decry lack of top horses in some of the supposed top races. but we still watch, still bet, and oftentimes still get to see some good racing to the wire.
as for bagging on sheikh mo, i doubt he cares-and he's easy to bag on, because if anyone could afford to keep their horses in training longer, it's him. and yeah, a lot of folks might be able to afford to keep a horse going a bit longer, but they can also go buy a few more horses if they don't. if you can get your hobby in the black a couple years, who can blame them really?