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Old 02-06-2012, 05:59 PM
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Explain how that question makes any sense here and I'll try to answer.
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Old 02-06-2012, 06:07 PM
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Explain how that question makes any sense here and I'll try to answer.
If a horse is worth X shouldnt the claiming value be X and nt a made up value? If Unbridled Danger is a good value at 7500 then why make him run for 15k just because?
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Old 02-06-2012, 06:12 PM
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If a horse is worth X shouldnt the claiming value be X and nt a made up value? If Unbridled Danger is a good value at 7500 then why make him run for 15k just because?
There would be no made up value. If a horse is worth less than 15k then he needs to run elsewhere. If you want better racing you have to start somewhere.
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Old 02-06-2012, 06:27 PM
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There would be no made up value. If a horse is worth less than 15k then he needs to run elsewhere. If you want better racing you have to start somewhere.
I see a lot of horses worth 25K running for bloated 15k claiming purses and a bunch of juiced 7500 running and beating the horses that are worth 25k. I dont see how any of this changes anything.Whocares what the claiming tag is?
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