the 18 new people ..

[texarkana]

Originally Posted by MaTH716

I personally do not think to many outsiders (people not betting/handicapping, even the casual fan) are buying or logging on to the DRF. Do you think the weekend warriors who visit the track once every couple of weeks even know who Assmussen and Jeremy Rose are? And as horse players who are looking for the news (no matter how negative it is), we know we can get it from sources like DRF. It would almost be like the Wall St. Journel not covering all the financial scandals. It is their duty to print it just like it is the duty of the form's to print all the negative news.

I would argue that the weekend warriors ONLY know names like Asmussen and Rose... you're talking about horsemen who receive national press attention. What the weekend warrior doesn't realize is that drug infractions and agressive use of the whip is nothing new for these guys.