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Originally Posted by Fager Fan
This Derby really emphasized the rise of corporate racing. There were no warm fuzzies about the connections of the winner. Congrats on owning that winning leg of Justify! Not that this was the first time - congrats for owning the winning stifle of Always Dreaming! I know some of these winning owners and it was a forced congrats that I gave them, because it feels bought instead of earned.
Then we have Chad Brown with 150 2-year-olds up at Saratoga. 150. Not an exaggeration. Anyone think he's really the trainer of all these horses instead of the corporate head who pays a slew of trainers?
Trainers at NYRA complain of the power of Brown and Pletcher at the entry box, and on the West coast of power of Baffert. Other trainers can't get their horses in, while they see races written to accommodate these guys.
The "normal" or small trainer or new trainers have never had it so hard.
The BC is all about collecting huge sums from racing and giving it back to a small group of the elite.
I've been losing my passion for the sport for a long time, and the above is making me lose what's left. One more Eclipse ceremony could do it.
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every other sport seems to feel the need to limit roster's, racing obviously doesn't