Andy Asaro
08-02-2017, 08:48 AM
https://twitter.com/racetrackandy/status/892727697125679104
Excerpt:
Massive Showcase
But this massive showcase, taking place close to Saratoga Racecourse, where perhaps America’s finest race meet is currently in full flow, could have even greater importance.
This is an attempt to spread the word, to broaden the sport’s appeal, to enforce horse racing’s place as a mainline leisure activity, to illustrate to the uncommitted the sheer pleasure the sport has to offer. And it has never been done before. Anywhere.
Horse racing is an industry increasingly under fire. Betting revenue, the fuel that drives it, is slowly seeping away as alternative forms of gambling overtake it all around the world. Racecourse attendances, TV audiences, indeed enthusiasm for the sport generally, are on the wane amid public distaste over its animal welfare image and the general lack of interest of younger generations in the face of so many counter attractions.
Equestricon addresses all these issues, and offers more besides. It features over 80 panels, workshops, seminars, networking sessions, autograph signings and other events. And the idea is to make it all fun.
The schedule includes sessions on: Women in racing, Backstretch workers, Ownership, Syndicates, Hispanic leaders in racing, ‘The Greatest Race Calls’, How to get a job in racing, Advanced handicapping, Leading women horseplayers, and two panels on Aftercare of Thoroughbreds once their racing careers are over.
Excerpt:
Massive Showcase
But this massive showcase, taking place close to Saratoga Racecourse, where perhaps America’s finest race meet is currently in full flow, could have even greater importance.
This is an attempt to spread the word, to broaden the sport’s appeal, to enforce horse racing’s place as a mainline leisure activity, to illustrate to the uncommitted the sheer pleasure the sport has to offer. And it has never been done before. Anywhere.
Horse racing is an industry increasingly under fire. Betting revenue, the fuel that drives it, is slowly seeping away as alternative forms of gambling overtake it all around the world. Racecourse attendances, TV audiences, indeed enthusiasm for the sport generally, are on the wane amid public distaste over its animal welfare image and the general lack of interest of younger generations in the face of so many counter attractions.
Equestricon addresses all these issues, and offers more besides. It features over 80 panels, workshops, seminars, networking sessions, autograph signings and other events. And the idea is to make it all fun.
The schedule includes sessions on: Women in racing, Backstretch workers, Ownership, Syndicates, Hispanic leaders in racing, ‘The Greatest Race Calls’, How to get a job in racing, Advanced handicapping, Leading women horseplayers, and two panels on Aftercare of Thoroughbreds once their racing careers are over.