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Originally Posted by jms62
"Insanity: doing the same thing over and over again and expecting different results."
Albert Einstein, (attributed)
Rollo... Status Quo isn't working and hasn't for quite some time. You say
"While I, too, would like to see these horses race a couple of more times before the TC, "encouraging" them to win prep races is not the answer. " yet you offer no potential answers.
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Actually, I was the one who started this line of discussion. I suggested that earnings from graded stakes on the turf and synthetic surfaces should not count. The effects would be eliminating the unaccomplished-on-dirt horses from consideration while allowing talented but earnings-challenged runners to make it to the starting gate.
Your points system has been suggested before, but the problem is it still includes irrelevant races like the Blue Grass and Spiral.