🚨KENTUCKY’S RACING EMPIRE WON’T SURVIVE IF THE REST OF AMERICAN RACING COLLAPSES. WAKE UP BEFORE IT’S TOO LATE!🚨 Keeneland’s Fall Meet handle just PLUNGED $31.7 MILLION, DOWN 14.6%! And the people running some of racing’s most powerful organizations still seem to believe everything is just fine. HOW MUCH LONGER WILL THE 99% TOLERATE THIS ARROGANCE AND INACTION? Let’s be absolutely clear. Kentucky’s hardworking horsemen, breeders, trainers and farm workers are NOT the problem. Neither are the dedicated employees of The Jockey Club and Breeders’ Cup. THEY ARE THE 99%. THEY DESERVE BETTER, TOO! The problem is the interconnected web of leadership occupying board seats across racing’s most influential organizations. THE SAME FACES. THE SAME INNER CIRCLE. THE SAME FAILED APPROACH. THE SAME CONFLICT OF INTEREST. The Jockey Club and Breeders’ Cup reportedly hold approximately $140 MILLION in combined financial resources while racing jurisdictions fight for survival, breeding declines, owners face escalating costs and aftercare organizations struggle for funding. And everyday horseplayers? They’re left questioning why CAW operations continue enjoying advantages that ordinary bettors cannot match. WHAT EXACTLY ARE THESE ORGANIZATIONS WAITING FOR? THE NEXT RACETRACK TO CLOSE? THE NEXT BREEDING STATE TO COLLAPSE? For decades, Kentucky has benefited from the rest of America’s owners, breeders, horseplayers and racing fans. We’ve bought your horses. Bred to your stallions. Filled your wagering pools. Supported your biggest events. WE HELPED BUILD YOUR SUCCESS. DON’T MISTAKE OUR SUPPORT FOR AN OBLIGATION TO REMAIN SILENT! And now, while other jurisdictions struggle, national leadership continues accumulating resources and offering explanations instead of meaningful solutions. IS THIS LEADERSHIP OR SIMPLY AN EXCLUSIVE CLUB PROTECTING ITS OWN INTERESTS? Keeneland’s handle decline doesn’t establish why bettors wagered less. But it should terrify anyone who assumes the public will support this sport indefinitely regardless of how it’s managed. HERE’S WHAT THE PEOPLE IN THOSE BOARDROOMS NEED TO UNDERSTAND: Kentucky doesn’t own American Thoroughbred racing. READ THAT @jockeyclub and @BreedersCup ! Its prosperity depends on a healthy national network of owners, breeders, racing jurisdictions and bettors. DESTROY THAT FOUNDATION THROUGH NEGLECT, AND EVENTUALLY THE ENTIRE STRUCTURE CRUMBLES, INCLUDING KENTUCKY! The 99% have spent months demanding transparency, accountability and a serious national strategy. Instead, we keep getting silence, excuses and the same interconnected leadership. YOU HAVE THE MONEY. YOU HAVE THE INFLUENCE. YOU HAVE THE RESPONSIBILITY. So where is the action? The 99% aren’t asking Kentucky to fail. WE’RE WARNING THE PEOPLE IN POWER THAT THEIR REFUSAL TO ADDRESS THE NATIONAL INDUSTRY’S PROBLEMS PUTS KENTUCKY’S OWN FUTURE AT RISK! WITHOUT A HEALTHY NATIONAL RACING INDUSTRY, KENTUCKY’S EMPIRE WILL EVENTUALLY FALL WITH IT. The warning signs are EVERYWHERE. THE 99% SEE THEM. DO THE BOARDROOMS? REFORM IS COMING! Repost and speak out.

.@iradortiz suffered a broken left ankle and will have to undergo surgery, per agent Steve Rushing. Obviously, out indefinitely.