Quote Originally Posted by trish View Post
Hi Dan, I doubt sanity will come into, maybe it will BUT why are so , so , many leaving?? (Breeders, owners, trainers, etc).
Mark was talking to a trainer from Vic the other day & he was asked to find out the average age of his owners..........interesting question .......the result in their late 50's to 60's , another guy was asked the same thing & said all his owners are dead!!!

G'day Trish, there are many leaving now but for current reasons, many of which were brought about by the "centralisation" garbage....some were simply exacerbated by it....but it remains a fact in any walk of life, if you seek to shrink something.....you WILL succeed when your competitors are seeking to grow. This silly game was grown through everyday people having fun and engaging lots of other everyday people along the way, it's never succeeded at being elitist, it's never succeeded by going to the "dogs" The game is NOT about breeders getting wealthy off their investments...sure there have been a few isolated cases that do not fit that mould, but they are not "the norm" One of the problems this game has at the moment is too many people trying to make a living off it.....that in itself can be a corrupting factor for both participants AND administrators.