Racing is just so disorganized

Originally Posted by Byebyemermaid

Brooklynite you might remember that the day they run the Belmont stakes they used to always run a starter allowance race at 1 1/2 mile.In fact i remember some of the horses names.On e of them was a horse called Rio Tunyan as well as Viborg.

That was when tracks were alert to the needs of the true racing fan ...

... now they're more concerned about t-shirts and bobbleheads.

[SniperSB23]

Another brilliant quirk of the racing calendar I just noticed. There are only three races at six furlongs for older fillies and mares that are G1 or G2. Yet this year those three races were all scheduled in a 32 day span virtually guaranteeing that no horse would run in all three of them.