It's not just the horse racing part of the horse industry but the entire horse industry. Almost any where there are large training or breeding barns you will find illegal farmworkers or those who have managed to become legal over the years.

It's not because the farms prefer illegal workers but because the citizens of this country don't want to work that hard. I've seen many out of work Americans try to do the job, most don't even make it through the day before they quit. The Latinos not only make it through the day, they ask what else they can do at the end of the day.

Money is also part of the problem. Unfortunately, I think there's more than enough proof that making the wages for these jobs much higher would have a decimating effect on the industry. If you look at the costs of showing or racing horses, including training and boarding costs, it is barely in the reach of the blue collar workers of America to even participate in these sports - but their participation is critical to the sport. The entire horse industry is definitely in grave jeopardy if the illegals are removed from the scene.

For those people who don't think that's important to them so they don't care. I think they would be surprised to learn how prominent the horse industry is in the industry of America. The horse industry is one of the top ten industries here in Washington state. I don't know the numbers for other states but I can only guess that Texas, Colorado, California, Minnesota, Florida and probably Oregon could say the same and there are probably many others.

It would not be a good thing for the economy of this country to have this industry impacted in such a negative way.
 

why is money a part of the problem. horse racing betting generated billions in profits every year and it is quite sickening that non of this money is filtered down to the trainers / breeders, because without them there would be nothing to generate this kind of money