It's amazing really; we either don't get it, or, to paraphrase WC, “When we've exhausted all other possibilities, we will do the right thing.” The success of racing isn't about raceday medications, or federal regulations with the U.S. Yada-Yada whatever watching over us. It's about people, fans, bettors, interested in an emotional endeavor, a racehorse bound with unsurpassed beauty, power, and spirit trying to win a race. People, probably dulled through their daily grind of an existence, seek something interesting and entertaining. Sports don't attract people with corrupt business practices, shady dealings, drugs shot up into innocent horses, or even gimmicks. Sports attract people with knowledge, which leads to understanding. It's not about the car going around the track; it's about the knowledge of all that goes together to make it happen. Nothing explains it simpler than NASCAR. And people involved with the NFL want to know everything about the players, as much as the emotional aspect of the game itself. So really, racings salvation lies in transparency. And that's a bitter pill to swallow. From the sales ground where horse's sale from “Jack n Jill Farm” to “Up the Hill with Water Stable,” to the racetrack where the innocent horse, at least 85% of them, are trapped in an upside down economy running once every two weeks trying to sustain a living. But bitter pill, or no bitter pill, transparency, across the board is our only out. Give horses an advocate and you give them a chance. Hong Kong goes up 5%, we go down 5%. It's that simple.
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