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Originally Posted by cmorioles
Agreed, and many horsemen don't value the bettors either.
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The vast majority of owners that arent born with silver spoons got involved with ownership after being a bettor and most continue to do so. Based upon what I read and hear lately it is hard to say that bettors are particularly interested in the best interests of horseman either. Maybe the adult version is that this is a business and we all have our own best interests in mind first but understand the position of others in a global view. But the culprit in most of the issues with both horseman and bettors is the tracks lust for money and control and the states simple money grabbing tendancies. Maybe in cases of signals being withheld you can say that we are thinking of ourselves first but it is really the only tactic that we have. Everybody says the business model is broken. We are trying to make up for past errors that created that situation by being proactive with ADW's. No one likes this situation but the fact is in the case of KY, CDI simply is being unreasonable yet people like you want to place the blame at our feet. The situation is complex yet in the end CDI cares about racing on 2 days and is trying to squeeze the lemon dry on every other front.