tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4684463172854959042.post2210856128335054549..comments2024-02-27T17:43:37.207-05:00Comments on View From the Racetrack Grandstand: Time for Classified Racing at Freehold?That Blog Guyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15487597769210721585noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4684463172854959042.post-62093375613960030452013-02-19T23:17:03.880-05:002013-02-19T23:17:03.880-05:00More than half of Freehold's races are NW1, NW...More than half of Freehold's races are NW1, NW2, etc., and claimers. The rest of the cheapies get lumped into the handful of classes you listed, with many needing the "optional claimers" just to fill the fields. Freehold suffers from a lack of horses, not a poor condition sheet. The same 250-300 horses race every week, and usually in the same class. Incidentally, the reason the Meadowlands races seem "competitive" has nothing to do with "ABC" racing -- it's because every field is a hodgepodge of horses, from different tracks, often off bad dates, and with many just using the races as tighteners before they go someplace else. I don't think you'll be as impressed as April rolls around, but we shall see.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4684463172854959042.post-222768372480871992013-02-19T13:29:16.045-05:002013-02-19T13:29:16.045-05:00Pacingguy:
The two, three, four and even five con...Pacingguy:<br /><br />The two, three, four and even five conditions that allow a horse to enter a race is a sore spot with me as well. Some tracks also change the conditions weekly for the same class. NW$4500 one week, NW$5100 the next that allows money earners to return for the same purse rather than jump to a higher class.<br /><br />I understand a racing secretary is making a race for a horse that otherwise wouldn't get in that week, or doing what it takes to fill a race. The problem is what that does to the betting. The more conditions set for the race, the more likely to find a horse that stands far above the rest and going off 1/9 or 1/5. I just stay out of those races.<br /><br />Either offer enough single conditions so the racing stock fits something or bring on the classified racing.<br /><br /><br /><br />Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com