“In my opinion they don’t want to mess with it,” Prather added, “because they have to hire seasonal help, they have to keep the track ready, it’s just extra work for them.” … They chip away at the days, then people don’t want to breed horses, and before long you don’t have a business anymore. “Every year in August they go through the dates and everybody’s race schedule,” Prather said, “and the track gives them the dates they want to run, and the commission looks at it and approves it.
