According to the Bloodhorse
A group of bettors angered at the divisive state of advance deposit wagering has taken action by staging what it termed a "buycott" at a New Mexico racetrack, and also launched a protest Web site against a content provider.The initial wagering protest involved focused betting on the Aug. 25 card at The Downs Racetrack & Casino at Albuquerque. The group claimed victory, saying its influence was felt in helping raise the off-track handle 78.6% to $126,057 from a $70,596 total recorded at the track Aug. 18. "Unofficially, today's handle was the highest of the meet," the track's racing secretary, Stuart Slagle, wrote Aug. 25 in a post on PaceAdvantage.com

http://boycotttracknet.com/

I am trying to boycott TrackNet Tracks but I must admit that I enjoy playing Churchill Downs and Gulfstream Park and I admire Laurel's takeout reductions for their August meet.

I also plan to boycott the following (to the best of my ability - as a weak willed individual)

Artificial Surfaces - I have not bet a cent on Del Mar this year. Dirt was good enough for the legends of the past. Why are today's racehorses so pathetic as to not be able to survive racing over it? If the breed has become too fragile, then let's cull the unsound instead of blaming the surface. 

State Bred races - As an economist I'm against these races from an efficiency standpoint. Why distort the economy by creating incentives to raise horses in New York? The purse subsidies and state bred restrictions increase the incentive to breed in NY. This has led to the overproduction of race horses in NY. To produce these additional horses, land and labor are bid away from more productive sectors of the economy so that farms can raise horses by A P Jet and Raffie's Majesty to chase giant purses restricted to NY breds. Is there any sense in this?

Turf Sprints - I suck at handicapping these races

Racinos - At these slot parlors everyone wins but the horseplayer. There are higher purses for the horsemen (often ridiculously so) and increased revenues for the owners/shareholders and the state. There is no incentive to create an atmosphere for racing (ontrack handle at these "tracks" is pathetic). The racing solely exists as an excuse to have slots. Why can't these tracks throw horseplayers a bone and lower their takeout rates? Because these tracks do not have to rely on horseplayers for purses they ought to have to lowest takeout rates in the land.