As someone who struggles to meet FrankD's definition of a recreational handicapper more and more these days even though my kids are grown and I do have more time on my hands than expected, I'll throw my hat in.

Troubles within the industry are accurately depicted everywhere on this board, however I wager less and less each year for no other reason than handicapping takes far too much time than ever with less value plays to be found. Recreational handicapping is a mutually exclusive term in this environment. Good or bad, all on this board take pride in their handicapping and want value for their time and money. Adding time to learn rules and regs of a tournament that I most likely do not have time for is not going to bring my wagering dollar back.

The hedge fund manager in most cases is going to be more interested in taking a one in a million shot at getting his picture taken in the WC on the first Saturday in May than dedicate the time and resources required to do well at a given tourney.

As a prospective returnee, and someone who will wager zero money on the Pegasus this year, someone who is tired of watching dollars bet on 30% trainers, and someone watching betting menus expand and pools thin out, I say if you can experiment for 3-5 years with something, level the betting field for one race per year for now. We have two people here it seems that could attempt to do that. Ten horses in the Pegasus this year, create a separate win pool, run all at equal weights if there are allowances, send all off at 8.50-1. Let TG or someone create a teletimer spread and we can wager accordingly. Obviously, it can't be that simple, but for a single race once a year, it'll attract my dollars back to start.