Odd entry

[booner]

She scratched.....

[Calzone Lord]

Originally Posted by booner

She scratched.....

Probably never had any intention of running.

Just entered to fill a race for someone else.

[booner]

Originally Posted by Calzone Lord

Probably never had any intention of running.

Just entered to fill a race for someone else.

How much do you think this happens? I've heard of it before, but only every once in a while. Not enough that I have paid much attention to it.

[Rudeboyelvis]

Originally Posted by booner

How much do you think this happens? I've heard of it before, but only every once in a while. Not enough that I have paid much attention to it.

I don't see it much at tracks that have plenty of horses and are creative with the way they write their races. Tampa for instance uses the "condition book" as a "very loose suggestion book" and mainly writes off the overnights depending on what they have available, thus you rarely have a need for this.

A real pain in the asz for trainers and owners who train up to a certain race only to have it replaced, but good for bettors as it helps to insure fuller fields.

Other places, that write primarily from the book, may find themselves a horse short for a certain condition and rather than scrap the race and try to write a different one from the overnights, may ask a trainer if they have one for the entry box to get a race to go.

[Calzone Lord]

Originally Posted by booner

How much do you think this happens? I've heard of it before, but only every once in a while. Not enough that I have paid much attention to it.

I owned 50% of a horse once named Dixie Doodle for Craig Cox in 2001.

The horse came out of a good 2nd place finish with a career ending injury. Three weeks later, I get a stable mail alert saying he was entered in a race at MNR and had post #2.

He was entered with the intent of scratching, his father Loren Cox had one in, and they would cap the fields at 10 at MNR. One less horse for Loren to beat. The field was reduced to nine. It seemed silly to me.

Much more frequently at some tracks, horses are entered with no intent of ever running to make races go. This was a habitual problem at Presque Isle. An owner named Ben Mondello was basically orchestrating his own horse races on a handfull of occasions for the better part of a season.

You'd see a starter alw scrap up seven entries -- and they'd scratch down to a field of 3 with Mondello's horse 1/5 against two local rats. He seemed to be using his connections with other trainers at the Mid Atlantic circuits very well.

[Indian Charlie]

http://www.pedigreequery.com/dixie+doodle

There's also a 4yo Dixie Doodle out there too!