Attendance was DOWN 8% back in Aug 2017 and Betting Handles down by as much as 15%, what business can sustain these percentages of losses for long? Keep in mind these declines were BEFORE "Mongolian Groom" died in front of a large audience at 2019 Breeder's Cup in Santa Anita, BEFORE 36 horses died at Santa Anita, BEFORE the voices looking out for the horses were entirely ignored at November's California Horse Racing Board Meeting and BEFORE the 3 deaths in ONE DAY at Del Mar...anyone want to guess what the numbers will look like going forward?
The only thing NOT dropping in price to reflect the current economics of the game are the prices of the newborn foals...how is this staying artificially inflated? How are the foals in 2019 worth as much as foal in 2018? When all the tracks have suffered significant losses and countless trainers have fled for Dubai?
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