Melhor Ainda romp to be held in 15 minutes @ BEL

[Rupert Pupkin]

Originally Posted by SCUDSBROTHER

I think they need to get back to having races that have wagering value.For too long now they have let these trainers run their horses against inferior competition at 1to 2 etc. This is not entertainment,and they need to stop giving out people's money(the % take out used for purse money)to these 1 to 2 shot missmatches.You think Barbaro's ordeal is bad for the sport? What about these totally useless mismatches that they let Frankel and others hold? They someday will understand that fans don't want these 1 to 2 shot missmatches,and resent paying Bobby Frankel and others money for having to face nothing at all.Money for nothing,checks for f'n free.

There's nothing they can do about having heavy favorites. There are conditions for a race. Any horse who meets those conditions is allowed to run. They could do something to hurt favorites in handicap races. They could put 134 lbs on a heavy favorite if they wanted to. They could have given Lava Man 135 lbs the other day. I'm sure he wouldn't have been 3-5 if he had to carry 135 lbs. The problem is that he probably would have skipped the race if they would have given him that much weight.