First Race after the Layoff

[Sightseek]

Originally Posted by KY_Sasquash

I also look at how long the race is especially if it's more than 60 days. I have no stats/research on this, but if a horse is coming back in a sprint race I'm not as worried about it, if they're going a route i'm more inclined to give them a race while also taking into consideration what's mentioned above (trainer,works, has the horse fired well off a similar layoff, etc.)

What about horses at the Stakes level? Do you notice more often or not that they are entered to 'prep' for something else? Whereas a claimer/allowance horse is out there to win?