changes in the claiming game?

[Cannon Shell]

Originally Posted by paisjpq

I certainly can't speak for anyone else but I think this is the exact type of thing that this idea is trying to get away from...the idea that you 'never want to be the last one to claim a horse' is obviously true...but this idea would put pressure on the current owner to maintain the horse and not run it, if unsound to the point where it wouldn't get looked at post race...it's a fantasy sure...but imagine if it worked?
and also to pressure owners to retire horses that perhaps shouldn't be running...the last line about having more homes available for sound retirees than there are sound retirees is telling.

I dont think that you can ever legislate greed or morality. The idea of reforming claining is nice but not possible. Some owners are still going to run the sore ones if just to try to get a check, even if no one would claim them. Better would be a system of reporting all vet work done with draconian penalties for false reports. The info could be kept private but used in the case of suspicious drops that dont make the course. I dont agree with the way Christine Janks is going about geting her message accross but she is not far from the truth in many ways.