The problem, at least to me, is the usual disconnect between racetracks/horsemen and horseplayers. Allowing any race to scratch down to less than half its entered size, something that happens way too often, is a complete slap in the face to horseplayers and only does more to alienate them. It is the responsibility of racetracks and trainers to work together so that this doesn't happen. Believe it or not, sometimes our best interests need to be considered by trainers. We do pay a lot of the bills.
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