Bloodhorse – Letters: Calls for Organized Opposition of Decoupling
I don’t think nostalgia is a healthy modality. But nostalgia and a sense of history are not the same thing. Nostalgia is a dysfunction of the historical impulse, or a corruption of the historical impulse.
William Gibson
TDN – George Isaacs – Open Letter to the Industry: FTBOA Stands Firm
Phil has a question:
When will the Florida and for that matter all North American horsemen take the blinkers off.
Do the Florida horsemen require an interpreter to understand what Belinda said.
Time moves in one direction, memory in another.
William Gibson
Paulick Report – Hamelback: Why Florida Decoupling Bill Threatens Horse Racing’s Future
Phil has a question:
Does anyone other than a thoroughbred participant believe Hamelback’s version of gambling history.
“Corporate-owned racetracks specifically negotiate and bully local horsemen’s groups. They bully them for stall space. They bully them for workman’s comp. They bully them for race dates. And the local horsemen’s groups are always extremely weak,” said Craig Bernick, president and COO of Florida’s Glen Hill Farm.
If Florida horse racing is to survive well into the future, therefore, bold decision-making needs to be taken now by the industry to assume control of its own product, Bernick said.
“The sport is going to need to make significant major investments in facilities and in racetracks that the industry can figure out how to control,” said Bernick.
TDN – Dan Ross – Gulfstream Park’s Future: “It’s Become A National Issue”
Phil has a question:
Where is the purse and operating money going to come from.
Has the outrage over closing major and minor thoroughbred race tracks been replaced with complacency and acceptance of the inevitable, unstoppable decline of the sport.
Belinda Stronach: Gulfstream Park’s location ‘is not great for horses’
Phil has a question:
Is Gulfstream Park’s location great for development and filling Belinda’s pockets.
Isn’t Belinda’s real question: What is best for the Stronach bottom line.
The NFL cares about one thing, and that’s the NFL. That’s the bottom line.
Doug Baldwin
Letters To The Editor: Your Thoughts On Gulfstream Park And Rewriting The Condition Book
Nostalgia is a seductive liar.
George Ball
Opinion: It’s Time To Re-Think The Condition Book To Save The Industry
Phil M Stockmen
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