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The Rapid castration that is presently taking over the horseracing entity

Oct 21, 2013 Sports

Dear Sports Editor,
Readers, please take note, did it have to take some of my Trinidadian counterparts to come and tell us that we are heading down the wrong direction in the business of horseracing, when I said so in many of my previous articles.
The people of our country continue to stumble down the wrong path. Suddenly no one listens to reasons, if your ideas do not coincide with their vision, so I am going to treat everyone as being right.
The minister of sports, the honourable Frank Anthony is right to sit for the last six years with the legislation on his desk. The president and members of the so called Guyana Horse Racing Authority are right to dictate to the horse owners how races should be run and on what dates.
The track administrations are fully within their rights to put out a racing programme without any consultation with the horse owners and trainers, likely to participate.
The GRA is right to collect the government taxes without any legislation in place to govern the sport.
The police administration and the E.P.A are right not to grant permission for races to run at certain tracks, based on the directive from the Guyana Horse Racing Authority in agreement with the minister.
The turfites are right to encroach on the track on race day while races are being run for they paid their money to bet on a horse on the track.
The administrators of the only Public Racing Facility are right to dictate who and when Horse racing events could take place there.
Readers please bear with me, the only thing that is wrong here are that these horses are owned and maintained by private individuals with very high upkeep costs and who continues to race at a great loss, while everyone is free to exercise their god given rights.
Please note, only one horse could win the race, it’s like a raffle with high risks entry fees (10-12% of the first prize), Jockey fees (10-20 % of the placings earned) groom fees (3% of the said above) there are transportation costs, veterinary bills, vitamins, horse feed and labour. So what is left for the owners that win? Not much.
So you imagine, when the horse lose as the local saying goes ‘While the grass is growing, the horses are starving’.
Well, my take on all this nonsense is that only a stupid person will continue to run a business that doesn’t make any sense, so Mr. Rights, I am out of this business, so too for a lot of other horse owners in order that you guys too, maintain your rights.
Bye, Bye.
Colin Elcock
Horse Owner/ Trainer

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