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Originally Posted by cutchemist42
Kinda speaks to Alex Brown's point of there being simply too many tracks.
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Say you arbitrarily divide racetracks into A (e.g., Santa Anita, Del Mar, NYRA tracks, winter meet at Gulstream), B (e.g., Laurel, Delaware, Parx) and C tracks (e.g., Arapahoe Park, Rilito, Hazel Park). The C tracks are either racing horses from local owners, or horses that physically can't compete at better tracks. If you closed all the C tracks, there probably aren't more than 5% of the horses that could be successful at an A track. Closing those tracks wouldn't have much of an effect on racing's problems.
Probably more than 50% of the horses at B tracks could be competitive at an A track. As harsh as it sounds, it would be better for racing if some of the B tracks closed. If there were 20-22 tracks distributed by time zone, I'd be willing to bet there would be a lot more races filled with better horses and the sport would prosper.
Just an opinion.
