Agreed that making Grade 1 stake races significant in terms of BC "seeding" may
have the effect of increasing field size and bettor interest in these races.

I thought it was a good idea by MLB to tie home field advantage in the World
Series to the result of the All- Star Game; at least now the All Star game is
not totally meaningless.

Also agreed that we need less racing but more quality racing. The problem is that
the current foal crop is probably about 35,000 foals per year. Reducing the
number of racing days without reducing the foal crop could have potentially
tragic implications.

Will the foal crop be reduced? I do not foresee the Federal government paying
subsidies to breeders NOT to breed horses. Since the commercial breeders and
pinhookers seem to be the ones making the real money in the game right now, I do
not see them voluntarily cutting back stallions' workloads.