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Originally Posted by castaway01
The purse money is coming out of your bank account? And why would you cut the purse for the trainers who actually run? You want full fields and you punish those who don't scratch?
Common sense ain't very common anymore....
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The "common sense" approach was argued by the horsemen during the racino legalization process. "The racino profits would be used to augment the purses", the horsemen said..."and the end result would be that the fields would subsequently get larger and more competitive". This assertion by the horsemen was the epitome of "common sense"...except for one minor technicality: It brought about the exact OPPOSITE aftereffect than what this "common sense" had predicted. It seems that, the higher the purses rise...the less frequently the horses run.
So...please spare me the "common sense" conversation. "Common sense", and horse racing...don't seem to go together.
