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rwwupl
08-02-2010, 07:22 PM
This answer was by Richard Duchossois in April of this year. Too bad California can not race the overabundance of horses they have in Illinois...or do they. 5 horse fields in the first 3 races in California has become a standard offering...but hmmm...maybe it is by design to give certain horsemen a check or appearance fee. But It does seem to keep some at home instead of traveling.


http://www.dailyherald.com/story/?id=377147

Excerpt:
People who say racing is going down cry doom all the time. It will probably drop off in the next year or two and then start back up again with more quality, fewer races, better management and fewer race tracks.

There's an overabundance of horses, most of them not very good. People don't have the money to breed as many horses now.
At our farm we rescue horses. With the Internet we can find homes that will take horses if they are given to them. They are good riding horses, they just run slow.