re: 2019 Kentucky Derby

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Japan has serious horse racing but they focus on turf.

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As does most of the rest of the world

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We can’t complete with their top class turf horses

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For generations Japan would buy 2nd and 3rd tier US bloodstock then lock their races to outsiders so they were never challenged. May appear to be better but may not in reality be so.

Lost in recent conversations is modern breeding sin the business. Thoroughbred horses were bred for speed and distance from the beginning until the late 90's. Now they are breeding for sprinters and this is not helping the breed. Also, we are running too much youth and all but killed the market for racing past the 3 year old campaign which will cause more problems than solve them.