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Originally Posted by Linny
It becomes a self fulfilling prophesy when Todd (or any trainer) controls so many horses within a division (whether it's 3yo colts or NW2X allowance fillies) because Todd can get racing offices to change conditions and dates of races and add races to satisfy his barn.
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Plus it spreads-out good horses, leaving fewer options for stakes races throughout the year. With Todd having say 2 or 3 of the best of division "x" - when that stake comes-up at Belmont, or Saratoga, he runs one of them. Whereas if those horses who spread-out more, they all would be there.