Who awoke Campo out of his slumber

[parsixfarms]

Originally Posted by Cannon Shell

While people often complain about this, the tracks claim they cant fill them. But if they dont write them, why would they expect owners to buy or breed such horses? It is the chicken and the egg quandry. If they write enough of them and they are weak races, eventually the horseman will figure out that they are weak and look to acquire better horses to try to win the easier races.

Agreed. Is it that the races don't fill, or that the racing office doesn't get as many starters as those in management obsessed about field size would like? I've often said that, if they start to let these races go with six instead of insisting upon eight, eventually horsemen will notice that may be easier checks out there in distance races and find horses for such races.

[Cannon Shell]

Originally Posted by parsixfarms

Agreed. Is it that the races don't fill, or that the racing office doesn't get as many starters as those in management obsessed about field size would like? I've often said that, if they start to let these races go with six instead of insisting upon eight, eventually horsemen will notice that may be easier checks out there in distance races and find horses for such races.

And the fact that executive turnover is so high at CDI and Magna ensures that the short term objectives of larger field size always trump any longer term planning. It isnt that field size isnt immensely important but if you state you want to reverse the trend of shorter races then you have to write longer ones.