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Horse racing is a dying sport. Those who romanticize it (and you know who you are) fail to see this.
How is horse racing a dying sport? Have you even been to a race lately? Attendance and purses are at record highs over the last five years. I can’t think of a single thoroughbred operation that’s shut down in the last 10 years. And standarbred racing at Hoosier Park is as popular as ever.
What she should have said is that it needs to die out. I was always a big fan and went several times a year to have a fun day at the track, but seeing all these horse deaths and what they do to these horses is terrible. The recent doping scandals don’t help either. Don’t get me wrong in that all sports are full of doping, but I’ve come to a point in life where I don’t think animals should be used for sporting events and especially when their bred to easily break their legs.
Horse racing is far from dying when you look at the OTB’s around the country. Hoosier Park and Indiana Grand are very much in the mix across the country for parimutuel betting. I am guessing you think the gauge for measuring it’s popularity is driven live attendance. Far from it. They are doing just fine.
The other week a jockey at Indiana Grand took a careless chance and was suspended for 30 days. He caused a 5 yr old mare to do a rotational fall on the track and she died. No not for me. But of course, gambling alive and well. I don’t think horse racing added any new fans. Just those who no longer could gamble on other sports due to the pandemic.