Unseen, i thought we were putting this to bed. But okay.

“Come on. They cluster around competitions where horses are overdriven so that people can make money on the competitions and speculate on race horse genetics. Are you totally blind to that fact?”

Races are year round in USA. How is the period before KY derby different from any other…[Read more]

Little House on the Prairie. Charming stories of pioneering America’s prairielands or Ayn Randesque libertarian propaganda?

TheEncogitationer wrote:

Unseen,

The point being made wasn’t that businesses raised prices because market forces forced them to but that some businesses raised prices behind a false claim or false impression that they had to. The operative descriptor being “false.” Business A watches business B raise prices because their supplier is exper…

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jakelafort wrote:

Unseen, i agree that the INDUSTRY would end. However horse racing would continue on a limited basis. There is a long history of humans being attracted to races. Whether it is other humans, dogs or horses.

Not only races competitions to be wagered on with all kinds of stakes from money (of course) to if your (whatever) beats…[Read more]

Unseen,

The point being made wasn’t that businesses raised prices because market forces forced them to but that some businesses raised prices behind a false claim or false impression that they had to. The operative descriptor being “false.”

Business A watches business B raise prices because their supplier is experiencing problems acquiring inven…

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Unseen, i agree that the INDUSTRY would end. However horse racing would continue on a limited basis. There is a long history of humans being attracted to races. Whether it is other humans, dogs or horses. If the gambling were made illegal then it would occur privately.

I am not sure horse racing will last. PETA was the impetus behind killing dog…[Read more]

Unseen and onyangomakagutu,

Kyle Kulinski has it all wrong. Not only was there stimulus paid for by inflating the currency via The Federal Reserve, but the Federal Government also subsidized companies payrolls and added massive new benefits of food and Over-The-Counter drugs to existing Medicare/Medicaid benefits. Also, the Biden Administration…[Read more]

@Jake

Let’s bring this to an end. To my mind, gambling is the only reason there’s a horse racing industry and the presence of a profit motive is the main driver behind the race horse deaths. Take the money out of it, and the motivation to overdrive the animals will be greatly reduced.

However, like eating meat, horse racing is one of those…[Read more]