I disagree with your characterizing the druggers as the minority - if you had to race against them you'd know they're not - but I can't argue with anything else you said. You're not wrong.
What did we think was going to happen.
More fell to the quick buck.
Owners screaming, penny pinching.
Threatened with the real life scenario I ain't gonna make it.
Those good horseman, hard working some succumbed to the desperation of failure instead of standing up then, when y'all were the majority.
As far as I'm concerned, not everything is equal.
Y'all stand up now together walk out and list your demands, not just for your damn selves, but for the gambler too...because that's the way harness racing is supposed to be.
This here is an unsustainable abomination.
Big strong men and women, hard working, sacrificing...fin
d your god damn balls, and will it, make it stop.
Get all your owners, breeders, vets, your partners, your affiliates and do it as soon as the weather is warm - kill it!