OK, but being no mathematician, but taking 70393 races to bet on, and with your approximate figure of 50,000 horses foaled in the 80's, that would be about 1.40 races per horse foaled.
In last year, with 51,668 races and approximatly 35,000 horses foaled, it is only 1.48 races per horse foaled, which is not a huge difference.
I understand the graded stakes claim, which I totally agree with, but the main complaints are places like Prairie Meadows, Ohio, etc., which don't have the graded stakes element of the argument.
These are only approximate figures, but ones that I have heard either in this thread or stated many times, and if they are off by all means correct me.
Just food for thought...
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