David Crisp
16.8K posts
@SouthernLegacy
Thoroughbred owner/breeder, Southern Legacy Thoroughbreds LLC farms and racing stable, racetrack enthusiast & unabashed animal lover. (I rarely reply to DM’s)
After @PatCummingsNTA and I watched Everett Dobson talk about “unity” and “collaboration” at the HBPA Conference, I said to Pat… you know what, let’s give this one last real shot. So we did. I had my attorneys send a letter to the @jockeyclub attorneys. Not complicated. Sit down. One room. One full day. Let’s put everything on the table and actually fix this sport. We gave them 48 hours to respond. It’s now been over a week. Crickets. 🦗 No response. No respect. No interest. Sadly, it’s exactly what I expected. Here’s what we offered… All the Stewards. Jim Gagliano. Me. Pat Cummings. Aron Wellman. And a real group of industry leaders across every part of the sport… track operators, trainers, aftercare, breeders, etc. One full day. No hiding. No excuses. No bullshit. If all that talk about “unity” meant anything…this is an automatic yes. But it’s not. Because they don’t want unity. They don’t want collaboration. They don’t want transparency. They want control. They want silence. They want the same broken system that’s been dragging this sport down for decades. So let me be crystal clear… This was it. The last good faith effort. They ignored it. Now we move forward…and we’re going on offense at a whole different level. If there’s any real media left in this sport that actually gives a damn, ask the @jockeyclub why they’re afraid to sit in a room and answer real questions from real people??? This has been going on for 3+ years. I’m not going anywhere. This fight is for all of us. What do you think???
