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Originally Posted by Cunningham Racing

Because its entire existance these days is basically predicated on the fact that it is a gaming opportunity to most of its customer base, rather than a sport...the tracks don;t make money off of 'fans'..they make money off of selling bets on horse racing - thus it is more of a game than a sport in mine and many other opinions...we can't treat it like a sport like most conventional sports and leagues because out revenue dependency is is on a totally different plain than any other sport......that is just a fact...

It is a sport as well, but it is probably more appropriately a game....I don't necessarily have a huge problem with that.....it is what it is to whoever the customer is....I realy don't associate a negative connotation to the word game.....

Very well said. I have been trying to put this into words for a while but I dont have to now.