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General Category => Harness Racing => Topic started by: captaintreacherous on October 09, 2026, 09:10:01 AM
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Word out on the street is most horse racing will be
curtailed with the exception of Belmont Park and
several California Tracks..over the next decade.
Plans to end racing in states such as Michigan and Illinois
have come to fruition....
Florida,Ohio and Pa will be next .
The first move will be to decrease racedates thereby
forcing the owners slowly out of business.
Peta is lobbying to cut race dates due to the Drugging
of racehorses and cite the NY and Canada examples.
They have a muti Million Ad campaign ready for 2027.
Casino Mogul Trump also wants an end to racing as many
casino interests are losing tens of millions funding
purses for Harness and Tbred Racing.
While yearling sales and purses are going well now
the winds of change are blowing mildly with
a change in the horizon.
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A public survey shows the majority of the populace
is against horseracing.
The recent NY Drug arrests and The Moreau fiasco
has hurt the credibility of racing in North America.
When prominent trainers such as Richard Moreau,
Jason Servis and Bob Baffert are found guilty of
doping it is hard to make a case for the continuation
of a sport that treats its participants in this manner.
After racing ...horses are disposed of...with a new crop.
The public is not happy.
Greyhound Racing was voted on....and there is
no Racing in New England or Florida after 70 years of racing.
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