The six million race fans in the United States love this sport. It's exitement, pagentry, forklore, and it's traditions. American race fans have longstanding traditions to uphold. And in 1790 at the race course in Alexandria his colt, Magnolia, was defeated by a horse owned by Thomas Jefferson. My children are not youngsters, but if they were I would not hesitate having a day at the races as a family outing.
Race tracks provide clean and safe activites specifically for kids.
And I view them as a haven especially when compared to alarming growth of spectator sports or in so called professional receive extremely high salaries to engage in real or feigned violence that often leads violence among the spectators themselves. In addition to being distinct from other spectator sports, racing is very different from other types of gambling. Tossing to plaxtic cubes across a table hoping that they up come a seven, simply doesn't compare to the contest of horses and riders in a stretch duel to finish line. Don't even try to compare racing to video poker or similar electronic adventures where we can view the mesmerized player, almost become an extension of the machine itself, while he or she competes with a computer chip. I see that the commission has a brief tour of Del Mar Race Track scheduled for today but the tour is optional.