One buzz issue I\'m noticing out there is this business over public money going away from education to the thouroghbred horse racing industry .
It seems that all coverage with regard to this particular issue is at least somewhat skewed to an anti racing bias .
If there are in exsistence numbers that would correllate a long term source revenue from an income producing investment to schools by investing a little in racing now , then what exactly is the problem ?
Also , today\'s DQ in the 1st race at Belmont seemed a bit extraneous - perhaps the stewards figured it might be a good time to do something ...
In regards to the Bel DQ, I think the NY stewards are quite consistent compared to SCAL, a foul is a foul in NY, You can literally slap another horse in SCAL and not get DQed. The SCAL officials interpret the rules quite differently than anyone else out there. They will not DQ a horse but will suspend a rider for careless riding after the races, go figure. Now the first was questionalble but it was a foul.
Thanks - New York stewards do an excellent job in dispencing their obligations and responsibilities to racing .
After considering your views on my post and really thinking through the larger picture issues I suppose the N Y Stewards simply had to rule on that one .
If they let that sort of stuff go it could very easily precipitate more serious adversely negative situations .
So Cal is definately a place where one should avoid trouble at all times and I\'m wondering if the oppisite can be said about Kentucky racing where the Stewards seem to let the boarderline stuff go , especially in the derby .
Post Edited (07-13-04 22:51)