Ray the Dinosaur,
Why do you act so shocked???
You've been covering this sport for a f$&king century. You're not just a witness to the demise of horse racing, you're an accomplice.
For 25 years you've watched the same old guard Bluebloods run this game into the ground.
No accountability. No pressure. No real outrage. Just the same old bullshit while the sport kept dying.
TVG/FanDuel is gone.
Aqueduct is gone.
And now everyone wants to act shocked???
This was 100% self-inflicted!!!!!
The foal crop went from 50,000 to 15,000.
CAWs screwed the everyday horseplayer and many have moved on.
Owners get disrespected and are leaving the sport.
Trainers got buried in costs, regulation, and bullshit. They are not having fun.
The sport hasn't done any real marketing in over 25 years while gambling has exploded everywhere!!!!!
We were told HISA would save the game.
😂😂🤣
How's that working out??? 🤦♂️
Retired racehorses still don't have proper aftercare funding, and horse slaughter is still part of the conversation.
So don't tell me that yesterday will live in "infamy."
Don't act surprised when the next headlines are Santa Anita, Gulfstream, Monmouth, or another iconic racetrack is closing...and the foal crop falls to 10,000.
The sport has a leadership, vision, strategy, and unity problem.
The @jockeyclub.
The @BreedersCup
The @NTRA.
@TOBAhorses@hisa_us
The big breeding farms.
The sales companies.
The racetracks.
The ADWs.
Where the f$&k is the unity??? The collaboration??? The alignment???
I've been screaming this shit for years.
We've got less than 12 fucking months to make real, transformational change or just STFU and stop acting surprised.
If the sport wants my help, call me.
If not, I'll keep calling out the same entities and the same leaders who destroyed one of the greatest sports in America.
Agree or disagree with me???
TIZNOW MAMA wins the opener on the final day of live racing at Aqueduct! She was ridden by @KendrickCarmou1 for @horsesummers.
The race was named in honor of FUSAICHI PEGASUS, who was the last Wood Memorial winner to win the Kentucky Derby when he won in 2000.