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Originally Posted by Scav
While you could have drawn the conclusion that is what I meant, it isnt what I meant. I KNOW that they were conditioned to state bred, but in no way should a WV bred that is a claiming 15k rat should be running for 500k. the point I was trying to make and should have just said it this.
There are too many tracks out there with too much money, if we want this sport to get to where it once was, we need to lower the amount of stakes races around the country. There are too many tracks, that are filtering their money to one specific day, and letting the rest of their days go to crap. EVERY TRACK is guilty of it.
Someone mentioned the idea of a racing league, which would be a great idea, absolutely great idea, but you have too many owners that think they have huge balls and it would never work. Horse Racing COULD get NFL type hoopla and publicity, but it is marketed all wrong and set up all wrong.
There are two things that I wish I could take over and turn into goldmines, NCAA Football and Horse racing. If I could set up a 16 team playoff for the NCAA, it would be bigger then the March Madness, there is just as much passion in college football as in College basketball, it is just set up wrong (look at Florida and Auburn for example)...and if I could create a horse racing league, I could turn it into the NFL as far as attention.
Look at what the NFL has done, MILLIONS of people sit in front of the TV for 7 hours a day on Sundays. With what people's attention span are now days, that is unheard of
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Scav,
I think its great that those days exist and have to respectfully disagree. Who is anyone to say that lower level trainers and owners and breeders who concentrate on state breds shouldn't have their day in the sun to try and make a score?
The purpose of these days is to promote breeding programs in states. When you toss out a bundle of cash to be given away on a given day, it gives people hope and ambition.
Starting a breeding farm requires tremendous capital and work and risk. If it weren't for these big pursed state bred showcase days, well who would bother? The Kentucky farms have a lotta cash behind them and will always putperform their fledgling rivals in the long run.
How do we get new blood in the sport if state bred breeding programs aren't instituted?
Maybe you find it terrible that WV breds can run for a lotta money one night, but all those trainers, owners and breeders who work their asses off all year long don't do it because they make a lot of money or have Derby or Breeders Cup dreams. These are hardworking folks who work under less than stellar conditions and who dream of making ends meet and pursuing what they love, not of getting rich and getting roses placed on their horses.
What exactly is the matter with the "have nots" getting a day to race for big money and a state trying to promote an industry within their confines that brings millions of dollars in state revenue and commerce and provides jobs for thousands of people? How does that adversely affect racing?