jerry Wrote:
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> I’ll mostly leave PETA out of this. They have
> their say and a growing legion of supporters.
> Ignore them at your own peril.
>
> As for the competitive nature of racing these
> days, a 6-8 pound weight shift just isn’t going
> to cut it. I’m asking for 10-15 pound weight
> shifts like in the olden day’s. That’ll bring
> G3 winners into the mix in G1s and allowance
> company into lower graded stakes races. Let’s
> face it, the best value these days isn’t found
> in G1 races anymore. Maybe G3s but I’ll take my
> stabs in two turn full field claimers on the turf
> first.


This would make very little difference, because there's almost no weight allowance that is going to make this work. There just aren't enough horses being bred these days because it's not profitable to do so. The foal crop is under 20,000, and even with declining number of races each year, between the foal crop and horses running less frequently, few places can fill races with horses that don't exist.