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Originally Posted by Fager Fan
That isn't a bad thing. We have too much racing. The way to have a better sport is to have a severe contraction, resulting in fewer races with larger fields. Sadly, slots put us on hold before the inevitable contraction. I'd rather we go ahead and face the music and then get on to a smaller and healthier sport.
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It hasn't worked out that way so far. We've had a steady decline in race dates and field size has been largely stagnant because the foal crop has dropped so much. You did say "severe" contraction but I wonder if the economics work anymore no matter how you slice it.
