Comments on: A lifelong horseman reckons with the thoroughbred industry’s future

By: Ana

Ana — Sat, 30 Dec 2023 23:17:31 +0000

In reply to Frank. Who wants to watch horses beaten around a track, and the possibility that one or more will die doing it? And track deaths are just the tip of the iceberg when it comes to death of multitudes of horses. Can't wait til this so called sport is gone for good.

By: Ana

Ana — Sat, 30 Dec 2023 23:11:52 +0000

In reply to Deb. I agree...from the breeder to the slaughterhouse it's all about money. Horrible life for horses with rich, absentee owners for the most part. When a horse doesn't make it on the track he's done.

By: Gretchen

Gretchen — Fri, 29 Dec 2023 20:07:02 +0000

I saw alot of college kids this year at Saratoga and Keenland having the time of their lives,getting the small ticket ,wearing straw hats and smoking their cigars. Dont know hat I enjoyed most ,watching them or the races. Hand them a free ticket to return again. Acknowledge their presence. Also liked some of the other ideas posted here. Dwell on the positives,bury the negatives with a positive rebuttal

By: Dixie Stewart

Dixie Stewart — Thu, 28 Dec 2023 02:47:31 +0000

I owned J&D Stables in MO with thoroughbreds and paints.and bred them and had the thrill of racing one under the name of Dixie’s Ruler

He didn’t do well ùntil I sold him and he went to upstate New York then he showed what he could do! It was the happiest time of my life to be with the horses and I thank you for your article

By: John m sellers

John m sellers — Wed, 27 Dec 2023 22:44:06 +0000

In reply to John m sellers. Maybe you could sterr me in the right direction? Thank you kindly for your time

By: John m sellers

John m sellers — Wed, 27 Dec 2023 22:39:39 +0000

Mr Boden my name is John m sellers I have a portrait of my father after winning the 1961 Kentucky derby and a print of man o war 1847 signed I’m looking to sell. The portrait 16×20 as I’m moving around a lot it’s just to big I’ve taken pictures I want to get a smaller one and the print of man o war I’ve had for 40 years.

By: Enoch M. Brooks

Enoch M. Brooks — Sun, 24 Dec 2023 01:28:33 +0000

Racing needs to take a look at what chased the fans away, and reverse the process.
This sounds kind of dumb unless you were there when it started.
My wife and I were involved when this mess started and you could see all this coming.
The main thing that happened was that the industry stopped thinking about who keeps the business, sport moving forward.

By: Maureen McCormick

Maureen McCormick — Sat, 23 Dec 2023 16:02:55 +0000

My thought is and has been for a long time is have entertainment in between the races. The young folks get bored with the 20-30 minutes between each race. There are many forms of entertainment that can fill that time spot and it could bring attendance up as well as keeping them there for the day. I’ve been waiting a long time for one of the tracks to do this. Maybe it’s not possible??? My guess it would make the races all the more exciting than it already is.

By: Frank

Frank — Sat, 23 Dec 2023 12:18:41 +0000

There main need is getting people coming into thre race track it self.
Just how you accomplish that needs a lot thought.One idea I always wondered ? Would be a start.
Why wait all year for the big races like the derby or Belmont.
Pump up the excitement buy having * track competition * all levels of class and create daily * as an example * ? My NY horse can defeat any ANY PARX racing horse and create rival competition with tracks that are in close proximity to each other. The need is huge to get customers to attend the racing establishment. Put challenge out there beef up the interest even in a $5000 thousand dollar claiming race. A joint effort in the industry to get people pumped up to attend there establishments as paying customers.
You look on a video on your internet during a race you can’t find a human being out there.?

By: Bonnie

Bonnie — Fri, 22 Dec 2023 19:50:29 +0000

In reply to Deb. Deb, yours is the dead on correct post. Dumbass lazy humans need to go get a REAL job and quit killing and abusing horses for a so called “job”