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A myth.  What specific rules stop Clubs from generating enough revenue from their assets to enable them to maintain them? Are you saying the likes of Reefton should get 12 racing dates a year so they can be profitable? Lovely generalisation - would you care to elaborate?  Not that I'm lecturing or anything just asking for some detail rather than anecdotal rubbish.  The way I see it there is a negative group (getting smaller) in racing that are feeding off myth, consipiracy and misinformation.  To make it worse they are wallowing in nostalgia about how it used to be.  

How can some clubs be expected to earn enough $$ to maintain/improve their assets when the rules of the game are rigged in such a way as to benefit an agenda? Lots of the smaller clubs or the out of favour clubs have done very well within the landscape they have had to operate in , picking up the scraps to make things work. It is not a level playing field despite what you think , therefore your expectations of some clubs is very much distorted.

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That I can concede is a valid point.

Having been released from Northwell Hospital, where he was sent after a serious spill on Nov. 14 at Aqueduct, in which he suffered serious injuries, Dylan Davis is back home and expects to return to riding sometime in January or February. Davis was given an update and the predicted time of return by his orthopedist after a visit Monday. “It's better now that I am home,” Davis said. “I spent 10 days in the hospital after that accident. I wound up getting surgery on my right collarbone. That was all that was needed. Each day gets better and better.” Davis's problems began when Heavyweight Champs (Solomini), who was being ridden by Ricardo Santana, Jr., broke down in front of his mount Tarpaulin (Leofric), causing Tarpaulin and Davis to fall over the sprawling horse. Davis wound up breaking his right collarbone and had multiple fractured ribs as well as a collapsed lung. He admitted that the accident, the most serious of his career, took quite a toll on him at first. “This was the most painful fall I've ever had in all of my career,” he said. “I ended up tipping over Santana's horse and my horse and I fell. I ended up getting stepped on as well. I had a big list of injuries. Mentally, this was very tough to get through. Once I was able to get out of the hospital and get home with my family, that was a big step for me. When that happened, I felt a lot better mentally. The first week or two was really tough for me.” He is now healthy enough to have begun physical therapy. “I got very fortunate,” he said. “This could have been worse. My legs are good and nothing happened to my spine or neck. Right now, it's really just the ribs and the collarbone area on the right side. I just started physical therapy. I'll be going two to three times a week. And then I will have some visits with the doctors, who will be taking scans to make sure that everything is healing properly.” Davis, a mainstay in New York since beginning his career in 2012, ventured to Gulfstream for the Championship Meet last year for the first time in his career. He had a successful run, winning 38 races from 298 mounts. But he said he will not be heading back to South Florida next year and will instead ride regularly at Aqueduct. Aqueduct is familiar territory for Davis. He has won two titles during the winter meet at the Big A, in 2022 and 2024. During those same two years he also led all New York-based jockeys when it comes to total wins for the year. Sometimes, jockeys have a hard time regaining their momentum when returning from a long layoff after a spill. Considering his past success in New York during the winter months, Davis doesn't expect he'll have many problems picking up where he left off. However, the competition will be stiffer than ever considering that Flavien Prat plans to spend his winter riding at Aqueduct. “I don't think I'm going to have a problem when I come back,” he said. “When I make my return it will be in the wintertime. I think it's going to be a little easier to get my momentum back at that time of year. Also, being a previous title winner at NYRA and being a leading year-end rider, I've built up a lot of business in New York. I have built up a lot of loyalty with the trainers and the horsemen over the years that I have been riding there. I'm not going to expect to jump right back in. I have to make sure that I am mentally ready and physically ready so that I can come back strong. I don't think it will be an issue in the wintertime.” The post Dylan Davis Expects to Be Out of Action for Another 2, 3 Months appeared first on TDN | Thoroughbred Daily News | Horse Racing News, Results and Video | Thoroughbred Breeding and Auctions. View the full article