Is harness racing thriving?

[Any1Left]

You've just hit on the "American Dream" for many people.  The number of poor people that welcome the birth of another child, to another father, with no means of supporting the ones already here, is amazing.  I've had a few conversations with these types, always counselling against having kids early, as it is financially difficult.  The response is always the same, "we'll just get money from the government."  Seriously, that is what many have said. 

Harness racing is in the same boat.  There are too many that, completely wrongly so, believe that the money they are given is a good thing, and will always be there, and that they deserve it. 

To those people, and the ones having multiple kids with no means, I say, "I hope all the funding disappears and you have to stand on your own feet.  You deserve nothing and there is more than enough opportunity in this country to thrive."

I hate getting involved in politics but your example makes no sense to me,    So you are saying that the child should suffer with no food and no diapers because of a poor mother ,   Your believes to me show me no compassion and most likely will have future crime written all over it,    With horsemen all the money goes to the wrong people like crooked driver and trainers and crooked owners and racetrack suits with racing comissions that reward crime and the grooms that do get helped out get paid very poorly for slave work.

[kantseeback]

Because the amount of money paid out in purses is really high due to the fact the industry is propped up. Take away the free money and watch it fail overnight. The idea of injecting all this money to make the purses higher has not worked. The thought of doing that was to get more people to bet.It is simple horses are selling for that much because the purses are paying out more. In Ohio the amount of non race horses is higher. If a fraction of the money injected into harness racing was put into lets say barrel racing you would see barrel horses selling for more money than they already are. You must be a socialist with your views and opinions

One has to wonder how someone in Government hasn't noticed this is a failed experiment and pulled the plug on the money, or maybe they have. The next set of casinos in NY won't be required to be attached to a racetrack.
Perhaps this will be the end game.

[seen2much]

It is not thriving. If it was the sport would be growing. There are a bunch of cheaters earning big money while the majority suffer. This year has seen many top barns having awful years. This will not help going forward.

[Any1Left]

One has to wonder how someone in Government hasn't noticed this is a failed experiment and pulled the plug on the money, or maybe they have. The next set of casinos in NY won't be required to be attached to a racetrack.
Perhaps this will be the end game.

when did the Government start doing the right thing.     you could take racetrack suits and put them in Government and they would fit in.