The Florida Derby Beyer seems to have been changed

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Originally Posted by Linny

Not so much that racing secretaries care about figure makers but race tracks know that the bettors thrive on INFORMATION.
This is why Belmont always carded a 12f starter on Belmont day. This is why most tracks do card additional races at the distance/configuration of the day's big races. It's not Beyer's convenience but for the tracks customer's convenience. Beside that, racing secretaries are usually guys that have some foundation in the game. It's not like racing secretaries are guys that were hired from the ranks of fire AIG execs. They know they game.

TV was the reason there used to be another 1 1/2 mile race on the Belmont card. It gave whoever was doing the coverage the opportunity to test out their equipment for covering the race.