Podcast: Florida horse breeders stewing over barrel races
NPR’s Greg Allen on Morning Edition takes a closer look at the battle brewing in Florida over barrel racing as a pari-mutuel sport.
Allen interviews Marc Dunbar, an attorney and part owner of Creek Entertainment Gretna, the new barrel racing facility north of Tallahassee, Florida, who says barrel racing is part of an effort to bring a new type of customer to horse racing.
Interviews with representatives of Florida’s breeders associations take quite a different view. Steve Fisch, head of the Florida Quarter Horse Racing Association, says barrel racing cannot really be called horse racing. And Kent Stirling, who represents Thoroughbred owners and trainers, calls it a “get-rich-quick scheme” that could destroy the racing industry in Florida.
Click here to listen to the 5-minute audio podcast.
