House Subcommittee Hearings

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Originally Posted by Travis Stone

So if I'm following you right, aside from PR, everything in horse racing is peachy keen?

No I never said anything like that. I blast the industry as much as anyone. I also have the perspective that few have. I train on many different curcuits, I own a lot of horses, I breed mares, I buy and sell at the sales, I have worked in racetrack management, and I am not rich enough to do any of these things strictly for the fun of it. I have been involved in the business for a long time in many different areas. I am not one of these out of touch committee members. But i also can see what is happening here. I will take a flawed, as is industry over something that may become a federal minefield. If they put an across the board 3% takeout raise on all simulcast bets what do you think will happen? What do you think handle will do then? What will happen to purses when handle plunges especially if the tracks get their way with the AWD money. I will be out of a job. Sounds like doom and gloom? It can happen.