Watered down winter racing

[MISTERGEE]

i would say that at least in the last 40 yrs only 1 donn winner has gone on to become a prolific sire, deputy minister in 83

[The Indomitable DrugS]

It's all about watering down racing to please just a few breeders in two states.

$3.6 million in purse money wasted at the expense of existing stakes at GP and SA. Many of them are stakes that should be stripped of graded stakes status or dropped a Grade.

[Danzig]

Originally Posted by The Indomitable DrugS

It's all about watering down racing to please just a few breeders in two states.

$3.6 million in purse money wasted at the expense of existing stakes at GP and SA. Many of them are stakes that should be stripped of graded stakes status or dropped a Grade.

another thing they could/should do is drop the purse money, make the total for the day one million dollars.
there's got to be a better way to reward breeders than having races only for horses produced in the state, with inflated purses that are higher than most graded races.

[Danzig]

Originally Posted by MISTERGEE

i would say that at least in the last 40 yrs only 1 donn winner has gone on to become a prolific sire, deputy minister in 83

the black type is only a part of the equation-you have restricted racing worth more purse money than graded racing-how does that make sense?
the donn is an open, graded stakes worth 500k-if you didn't have the sunshine millions classic, and put that purse money towards the donn, you'd have the money up for grabs that you say people need (cash now) as well as the black type for said horses future. those who placed/showed would get a bigger amount as well, as well as the 'placed in' tag.
moves like that would seemingly produce a better field than einstein, kip and who knows who else.
i've seen complaints for years on here and elsewhere, about the lack of depth in fields, about there being too many stakes up for grabs-this would solve both those issues.