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Originally Posted by Pedigree Ann
[Snarl] Racing secretaries don't want 10f horses anymore; don't write races for them (how many G1, G2, or G3 races at 10f on dirt on the East Coast circuit this year?). So come time for the biggies, we have to guess which 9f horse can carry on one more furlong.
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That is not true. They write plenty of longer races but they rarely fill. Do you really think a racing secretary cares what distance his races are as long as they are good sized, competitive fields? There is not a lot of guys asking for 1 1/4 races or else they would card more of them. The races that were cut in distance weren't cut because of overflow fields. Actually there are plenty of longer races for graded stakes horses. There are virtually none for the cheaper levels.
09-03-2007, 02:37 PM
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