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Originally Posted by Hickory Hill Hoff
Very well put.....I agree totally with that statement. Showing backbone and voicing your opinion even when the "powers to be" think they have your best interest and they're dead wrong, shows a lot of guts and demands respect.
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Except it goes against the entire culture of horseracing. This business absolutely cuts down people who stand against the group thinking unless they have a lot of money which makes everything they do ok. The majority of trainers in NY rely on the track to provide them a place of business and have to remain fairly neutral to all positions in regard to who was going to be in charge in the future. Though many of us felt Empire was never going to get the franchise, there was a time where they had a pretty strong group and a lot of momentum. If I was a NY trainer I may have been a little spooked to make strong public statements especially if I did not have any powerful owners to back me up.