There were lots of anti-gambling measures around, but in 1909 a strict anti-gambling measure passed in NY (the heart of horse racing) that stopped racing in 1910. Blooded stock was worthless here. They all were sold off to Europe. Didn't restart racing here until 1913. There weren't even any big organized horse sales here between 1910 and 1915 or so.
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"Have the clean racing people run any ads explaining that giving a horse a Starbucks and a chocolate poppyseed muffin for breakfast would likely result in a ten year suspension for the trainer?" - Dr. Andrew Roberts
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