Shapiro resigns as CHRB head

[Kasept]

Surprise move..

PRIVMAN/DRF: http://www.drf.com/news/article/100554.html

[VOL JACK]

I wish he had done this before he led the charge to destroy racing in Cali.

[King Glorious]

Originally Posted by VOL JACK

I wish he had done this before he led the charge to destroy racing in Cali.

Amen.

[hi_im_god]

did i miss the destruction of racing in california?

[VOL JACK]

Originally Posted by hi_im_god

did i miss the destruction of racing in california?

Yes, if you have not noticed they run on synthetic turf.
Which has elimanated all injuries to horses.

[hi_im_god]

Originally Posted by VOL JACK

Yes, if you have not noticed they run on synthetic turf.
Which has elimanated all injuries to horses.

you're kidding.

when did that happen?

don't the people in charge realize that would inevitably lead to the destruction of racing in california?

[docicu3]

Originally Posted by Kasept

Surprise move..

PRIVMAN/DRF: http://www.drf.com/news/article/100554.html

Has the feel of a health issue.....I would tread lightly here. The guy may have led a movement for synthetic tracks too prematurely but it would seem he had the best interests of the horses and racing driving that decision. The guy made a mistake IMO may we all be so fortunate to avoid never making them.

[SCUDSBROTHER]

It's not a mistake. Not here. We had 5-horse-field cards regularly. That was crap. Wasn't gunna work. If we had more horses here, then we could of kept running on dirt. We need horses to race more often here than in other places in the country. You have a lot of horses in New York and Kentucky. We don't have enough. We would have a lot less running if we had kept dirt. People have short memories. I was playing New York racing in 2004-2005-early 2006. It's not because I am that good at it. It's because the cards out here were so short field.

[The Bid]

When you lose racing days as they have lost in California, or when you have big stables leave for Fairgrounds, big owners leave for NY, its a mistake. When the surface is subpar and people leave California to run on dirt how can that be right

[SCUDSBROTHER]

Originally Posted by The Bid

When you lose racing days as they have lost in California, or when you have big stables leave for Fairgrounds, big owners leave for NY, its a mistake. When the surface is subpar and people leave California to run on dirt how can that be right

Got a-holes that can't change. That's always a constant. You just heard an exercise rider say it's safer, and you ignore her. So, your mind is closed. So be it. We've tried dirt out here, and ran out of horses to run. So, I have no clue why you want to go back to 4 and 5 horse field racing out here. You keep ignoring the fact we don't have enough horses. Industry out here survives on being the king of the pick 6 carryover. If we kept running on dirt, we would of lost that (hard to get carryovers running 4-5 horses a race.) We ain't going back to it. All you dirt race fans play somewhere else. We had dirt, and it didn't work . Not with this few of horses, and the breed being so damn fragile.

[Phalaris1913]

Got a-holes that can't change. That's always a constant. You just heard an exercise rider say it's safer, and you ignore her. So, your mind is closed. So be it. We've tried dirt out here, and ran out of horses to run. So, I have no clue why you want to go back to 4 and 5 horse field racing out here. You keep ignoring the fact we don't have enough horses. Industry out here survives on being the king of the pick 6 carryover. If we kept running on dirt, we would of lost that (hard to get carryovers running 4-5 horses a race.) We ain't going back to it. All you dirt race fans play somewhere else. We had dirt, and it didn't work . Not with this few of horses, and the breed being so damn fragile.

There are a lot of things that have changed since there were fuller fields in California and dirt is not one of them. I don't know about you, but when I observe a changing situation and want to pinpoint potential causes, I'm more likely to consider factors which have changed during and/or somewhat before the trend in question than factors which didn't.