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Originally Posted by freddymo
Chuck these are bad horses very bad horses slow horses horses that have no business being exploited. Use the slot money wisely. Delving out 45k to completely horrenedous stock is BS. You are encourageing me to drop a foal in Pa that might have a BSF potential of 75? This is good? Should Gary and I be rewarded by dropping in Pa. with a foal that is bred to be fair? Look if the foal turns out to be Seattle Slew great and we will all sing Kumbyya but most likely will need to run a 67 BSF to win 29k???? There is something very wrong with that message.. 4 to 6 open horse run in two other then.. 17 drop in for a mdn spl at PID in a Pa bred race and 5 cant run a 40 Beyer.. Not exactly intelligent use of slot dollars..
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How exactly are horses being exploited? What would you do with the slot money? The breeding program in PA has been hugely effected in a positive manner. People are sending mares there, there are new farms opening up, more foals raised there. More hay being sold, more money being spent. PA breds may be bad now but will improve as better stock moves into the state. One of the reasons that there are short fields everywhere is that a lot of owners cant afford to keep horses in training. At least at tracks with slots an owner has a chance at getting some of his money back. You do realize that PA made the tracks guarantee that they ran a certain number of statebred races in order to make their breeding program more attractive. What should they do with the slot dollars?