Into the Light
Vic Zast on what it’ll take to lead racing to salvation:
The real savior will bring about consolidation of the sport, develop an International outlook, abandon the limiting factor of dirt tracks in favor of reliable synthetics, stop medications entirely, redefine the schedules of when and which racetracks operate, enact graded stakes standards that discourage breeders from raiding the sport of its stars, create a market for horses of stamina, promote the sport collectively and provide full betting access to everyone.
So, a national office with real power and open-minded leadership.
Tangentially related, a suggestion from @o_crunk:
someone should start a snarky tumblr tracking all of pieces on ‘racing problems’ as a ratio to those actually about horses.
We do seem to be in a season of laments …
