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Originally Posted by Some_One
The racing industry in North America is basically a welfare/subsidy program for owners (and to a lesser extent trainers). Every decision over the last 30 years was a short sighted decision to benefit owners. What probably needs to be done is get rid of the claiming system and go to all handicaps but trainers and horsemen love those 5 horse fields with 3 layers of conditions so their horse can go off at 1-5 and collect 40K like they are entitled to it. Anything that makes field sizes larger and tougher for owners to collect a win to pay for their purchases with consistency will be fought hard, because f*** the horseplayers and public
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Another one who clearly doesn't understand an owners finances. For every owner who is breaking even there are 10 more who are losing their ass.
If owning a horse came with such great welfare/ subsidies, how then do you end up with 5 horse fields?
