Nick Kling Breaks It Down

Needless to say I guess, we agree with @docfonda. Agreeing with this does not mean we don't respect participants and owners and trainers and grooms - in fact, many horseplayers are participants and owners and trainers and grooms - but it's just simple logic. Customers bets pay for purses, and purses allow racing to exist.

@CVFPartnerships @JBossertNYDN @TheNYRA Bettors put on the show. Without them there would be no purses for any horsemen, small or large.
— Nick Kling (@docfonda) March 17, 2014

Recent tweets indicate some folks think horsemen "put on the show" in Thoroughbred racing. (cont)
— Nick Kling (@docfonda) March 17, 2014

That's like saying pepsi, campbell's soup, & other food companies & farmers "put on the show" in the Supermarket business. (cont)
— Nick Kling (@docfonda) March 17, 2014

Supermarkets & racetrack operators provide a venue for the transaction. Suppliers like pepsi & horsemen fill the venue with products (cont)
— Nick Kling (@docfonda) March 17, 2014

Customers (food consumers, bettors, racing fans) buy the products. Without customers there is no Supermarket business or Thoroughbred racing
— Nick Kling (@docfonda) March 17, 2014

So, there is no business without customers. Customers "put on the show" with their purchases. Are we clear?
— Nick Kling (@docfonda) March 17, 2014

Related: The Horse Racing Supply Chain

Related: Caton Bredar on "Horseplayers"