Bet on Churchill Downs

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Originally Posted by cmorioles

I agree with pretty much all you said. Bettors are in the same spot, no united front, and less leverage other than not betting. I hope you are right that it will all even out and benefit us both.

Horsemans groups are generally inept and have made many mistakes in the past. That being said, we are much more interested in seeing the sport flourish than the tracks are, especially the corporate ones who dont care where the revenue comes from. We want horse racing to be healthy as a result of shared interests and fair revenue splits. Tracks want tracks to flourish. I cant say that I dont understand where they are coming from but it is a little scary to see how little regard they have for the rest of the participants. I guess this is just the long way of saying that once they get slots they wont give a damn about horses and if we dont get at the very least an equitable deal at the start, we will never get one.