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Originally Posted by Downthestretch55
Well, as far as Godolphin goes, yes...they've made some breeders very rich, and their egos take over at the sales. Just my humble opinion...but I hardly think they are enemies. For sure they'd love to have a Derby winner...that elusive goal they'd pay any price for.
And yes, racing fans aren't high on their agenda.
But think of this for a minute. They've poured many millions into the sport for whatever their reasons.
You know as well as I do that this game takes very deep pockets.
If they have them, own several farms, employ many to help them fulfill their dream...that's ok with me.
I also would love to see their best horses run longer. You might agree with me that the risk of putting one on the track for two minutes where the purse doesn't even come close to what it would bring by breeding is a business decision. I'm not making excuses for them. I'm just attempting to understand what their motivation is.
As far as the second part of your statement...I'm not commenting.
That's between you and someone besides me.
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It's their money and they can do with it as they choose ( as long as it's legal ) but I don't have to like what they do. I feel like they have a sort of " obligation " to us, the people that support racing and pay the bills, i.e. bettors, to give something back to us...and they don't. The only people they reward are the breeders, and without bettors the game would simply disappear, so their dream of winning the Derby certainly couldn't be realized, because if every better stopped tomorrow the racetracks would be shut down. There is a complete lack of acknowledgement of this by many people and none more so than Godolphin and their " do as we please " style.
Yes, they could run their horses against each other in Dubai, just as rich people could back to racing against each other on there farms, but somehow I am guessing the glory would be gone with no gamblers left to support the game as the world wide prestige and attention would disappear.
Far-fetched? Of course but I'm making a point. My point is there should be a symbiotic relationship with horse owners and racing fans and there simply isn't at least when it comes to Godolphin.
As far as the game taking " deep pockets ", no doubt, but the need for even deeper pockets has been caused very much by Godolphin. And just to be fair, I am no fan of Coolmore either, in fact I have even bigger problems with them which I simply can't get into. But, suffice to say, neither of these stables have made racing better for us racing fans in the grander scheme of things.