ceejay
11-17-2002, 12:55 PM
http://www.nytimes.com/2002/11/17/sports/othersports/17HORS.html
Towards the bottom he says, "Any business should listen to its customers. Horse racing has an added reason to include its frequent participants in the current process. In horse racing, bettors compete against each other, with tracks taking a fee to cover purses and other operating costs of putting on the show. In a real sense, handicappers, along with the equine and human athletes competing on the track, are the show."
I'd like to say that I beleive him, but the taks force doesn't seem to contain any handicappers http://www.ntra.com/news.asp?type=news&id=7284 and the oversight comittee has one, Jim Quinn http://www.ntra.com/news.asp?type=news&id=7262
Towards the bottom he says, "Any business should listen to its customers. Horse racing has an added reason to include its frequent participants in the current process. In horse racing, bettors compete against each other, with tracks taking a fee to cover purses and other operating costs of putting on the show. In a real sense, handicappers, along with the equine and human athletes competing on the track, are the show."
I'd like to say that I beleive him, but the taks force doesn't seem to contain any handicappers http://www.ntra.com/news.asp?type=news&id=7284 and the oversight comittee has one, Jim Quinn http://www.ntra.com/news.asp?type=news&id=7262