otb_lifer
Footballguy
appreciate the input from the objective side - and all you cite about previous outcrying is correct - but we are in a much more condensed universe these days ... and the SJW cabal is relentless ... so much more power being wielded - online petitions/twitter barrages of death scenes on the track, etc - find such a more massive audience than those "ANIMAL RIGHTS MOONBATS!!!1!!!1!" of days gone by.An outsider's opinion because I love this thread (even though it reads like Greek without translation) and can't resist?
There have been activists for a long time against horse racing. I remember it as a kid and up through young adulthood. Lori Petty's spokespersonship was met with social outrage, and this was a long time before social media. Saratoga always had its protestors. I'm not in the game, but always followed the sports pages, back to front, and racing was part of them. Nowadays, you rarely hear about fathers and sons or writers at the track.
It's sort of dying a slow death anyway, the animal rights aspect of it only a part, though a growing one.
as a diehard lover/defender of this sport, the Santa Anita #### was deeply troubling to me - no answers - the Marquee showcase of the world's greatest racing community - it was ugly. just brutal.
the love of the game is not being passed down because it was hardly passed down to those who now have youngn's ... Pokemon Go has more numbnutz congregating around a ####### fountain than attendees at Aqueduct during the fall meet.