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Originally Posted by ALostTexan
There needs to be something done about the BS scratches that go on every day. "We didn't like the post position" is an excuse that really, really pisses me off, and I am glad that something is being done about it, since it is way too easy to claim a medical reason for a scratch and then run them back two days later.
Now, if they can only do something to change the way that trainers can scratch without reason until the field is down to 8. Sorry if you don't like the competition that you are facing, but if you enter a horse into a race, you should race them.
Just a small step to help the bettors, which is at least something...
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Would you rather the horse just go out for a spin because he wasn't allowed to scratch?
Mandatory scratch lists are stupid and they dont work. NYRA a few years back went to a 2 week vets list for scratches and it was quickly scrapped because it make things worse, not better. The new KY rule is just a waste of everybodys time. 3 extra days is not going to be a factor in anyones decision to scratch. Truth is that most of the time when you scratch there is not a similar race written back for a few weeks anyway so it really does not matter. And a lot of the time when you see a horse scratched and entered back in a few days at the same track it was by request of the racing secretary. And I'm not even going to go into having a state vet decide if your horse should or should not be scratched.