Del Mar trying to avoid date cuts

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Personally I think the 12-13 race cards are overkill. I love to play the races and attend the races but when I print out 60+ pages of PP's it just starts to look like WORK. I understand that tracks like to do this on big days when their are plenty of fannies in the seats but it poaches too many useful midweek races. A couple of races that looks like garbage on the Belmont or Derby undercard could be the centerpiece of a decent midweek program.

If they have a major stake and 3 or 4 supporting stakes and maybe a decent little overnight stake, they they need only fill 4 or 5 to have a nice 10 race card. As someone who plays follows racing daily, I hate that the weekdays leading up to the biggest days are often especially weak to set up a big day.