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Originally Posted by justindew
How did the horsemen ever get included in these discussions anyway? Why isn't this an issue between the tracks and the owners? Aren't trainers essentially employees of the owners to some degree?
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This is an ridiculous notion. Is your stockbroker an employee?
Perhaps if you understood the term "horseman" you would realize that the vast majority of horseman's groups included both trainers AND owners. In KY everyone that gets an owner or trainers license is a voting member of the HBPA and the other horsemans organization (KTA) is open to both also for $10 annual dues.
The issue at hand is the deceptive practices of CDI to funnel ontrack handle to their ADW. In doing so they treat us as competitors. The system is screwed up as it is, this makes it even more inequitable.
And if you notice that the heavy lifting in the slots issue in KY is being done by the horseman, Turfway, Ellis and Keeneland. Why is that not surprising? The fact is that it is a good thing as CDI would surely do or say something to set the process back as they have done before.