The Real Championship Meet

[Danzig]

tracks have to card for the horses that are available to race. the current circumstances in racing will dictate the card-you are wasting your time if you try to create races for which no one can/will enter.
racing is suffering right now, just like so many other areas because of the economy. and you constantly see these days where stables that were prominent for years are dispersing their stock. then there's the fact that other states near new york have means at their disposal to boost purses-we all know the current state in pa vs ny and md.
i recorded super saturday-keeneland won't be on my dvr schedule. full fields are one thing, meaningful racing is another. poly in my opinion is a complete crap shoot and means nothing in the grand scheme of things.

[Danzig]

Originally Posted by tjfrab

The real racing begins this weekend at Keenland vs. that 4 to 6 horse stakes field nonsense that Belmont has been putting out. Amazing that the horsemen don't support that stakes program more. I haven't been listening to the show this week but hopefully that meet gets the attention it deserves.

'the real championship meet' 'the real racing'.

i adamantly disagree. i'll take a smaller field at belmont over a larger field on a synthetic surface any day of the week. keeneland has become a no mans land when it comes to championships being decided. this post has nothing to do with the betting side of things, which is what you purport your point to be about.
the meet will get as much attention as it deserves, which really isn't much. they'd be best off returning to dirt and allowing runners who belong in championship discussions a chance to run at a historic venue. otherwise you'll continue to get glorified turfers and horses who can't otherwise garner black type a chance at doing so. if your beef is with grading of races, i'm surprised keeneland isn't one whose bones you wish to pick.

as for belmont, if betting was so easy, you'd think multi race wagers would be a slam dunk. were they?