Anne, I think most of the problems are caused by the lack of horse numbers at present. They could program Open mares races more often but they wouldn't get enough nominations to run a race. Also doesn't help that one strong stable dominates the big money races and scares many others away. I think the blame lays with poor planing by past and present boards. They continue to ignore falling foal numbers and only offer token short sighted solutions.

Just my opinion and I mean no offense to you or your horses and I hope that you continue to have success. Our industry needs both large and small owners, trainers and breeders to survive , I think having any one stable dominate so much is driving away the smaller investors.