GP 7 (2/7): Distorted Humor firsters

Originally Posted by blackthroatedwind

It's a ten horse field with nine firsters......what could possibly be a less interesting betting race?

Fair Grounds State Bred 15000 maiden claimer.

[blackthroatedwind]

Originally Posted by Pillow Pants

Fair Grounds State Bred 15000 maiden claimer.

Not if at least two of them have run.

[the_fat_man]

I'm a little confused by the happenings down at GP. Seems to me, the same TURF horses that were running at SAR this past summer are all at GP this winter. So, why do we get a race like Thursday's 8th once every 2 weeks? Need the focus be on claiming races? That's what TAM is for.

The same applies to the dirt horses.

Why isn't the racing secretary carding races for these horses?

[blackthroatedwind]

Originally Posted by the_fat_man

Why isn't the racing secretary carding races for these horses?

This is isn't the racing secretary's fault. Obviously he has very little purse money to distribute.

[Kasept]

Originally Posted by blackthroatedwind

This is isn't the racing secretary's fault. Obviously he has very little purse money to distribute.

Great point Andy.. They said before the meet in fact that there was the $1MM purse shortfall from last year they needed to work through and were hopeful that once that was over they would be able to get purses back up over $300,000/day. Recall Hettel saying March was a target.

[Linny]

Originally Posted by the_fat_man

I'm a little confused by the happenings down at GP. Seems to me, the same TURF horses that were running at SAR this past summer are all at GP this winter. So, why do we get a race like Thursday's 8th once every 2 weeks? Need the focus be on claiming races? That's what TAM is for.

The same applies to the dirt horses.

Why isn't the racing secretary carding races for these horses?

The racing secretary from Thistledown is writing their races. Last wek I saw $12.5k NW2L claimers, on GRASS.

Of course, he's writing races for he horses that are there. With the guys who handle better stock (Mott, Pletcher, etc) spacing their races further apart, the better allowances just don't fill as easily.

[sumitas]

Keep Laughing $85k 3-1 ML
Understatement $1mil+ 5-2 ML

Interesting observations on the range of values placed on horses.

[Bobby Fischer]

2379 look nice on paper ... depends what kind of price for those