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Originally Posted by RUFFIAN-333
Would you consider beginning with race three...A Stakes Race
Due to an earlier post time for the Pacific Time zone (9:30am) 
That gives us more time to check scratches in case we have to change something in our entry
...and it also is less races for the scorekeepers  |
Ruffian, I'm going to stay with the original choice of Races 1 through 11. I already eliminated Races 12 and 13 out of deference to our hardworking scorekeepers and don't really want to carve up the race card by dropping some from the beginning and then more at the end of the card. I thought that ending our contest with the major stakes race would be the right thing to do.
I guess that I just don't consider 12:30 Eastern as an unrealistically early first post. On Derby Day and Preakness Day we will probably have first post times of much earlier than that. Your request uses the very early time in the Pacific time zone, but I don't think any on our players live in that time zone. If there are any, please tell me.
Hope that my choice of venue doesn't inconvenience you too much. With any luck there won't be too many scratches and changes. None of the races are scheduled for the turf, so we won't need to be concerned about MTO's or major scratches caused by races taken off the turf.