Track’s trickle-down economics helps no one

As another Thoroughbred Owners and Breeders Association of Jamaica (TOBA) sale looms, continuing decline of the local breeding industry, its output – quantity and quality of horses produced annually – cannot be separated from what ultimately drives demand.

Without a system of racing that is attractive to owners, existing and potential, encouraging breeders to not only increase production by adding more mares and stallions to rosters but also investing in bloodstock with rich pedigree, demand will forever determine output.

The first, and easiest, low-hanging fruit to grab whenever decline of the breeding industry is mentioned will obviously be purse money, reward for placing first through sixth in races run at Caymanas Park.