Caixa Eletronica

[Sightseek]

Repole sent Cool N Collective to Old Friends, NY so in the unlikely event they couldn't find any farm to stand him -- I'm sure they have a retirement plan, not that he doesn't have plenty of options still on the track being that his last race was at 6 furlongs in a Grade 1 against the best sprinters in the Country.

[my miss storm cat]

Love this horse and remembered reading a few nice lines like this one...

I'm sure he'll end up somewhere nice.

“Caixa’s just a special horse and a fun horse to own,” said Repole, who claimed the horse for $62,500 in March 2011. “He might as well be a gelding. He’s coming back. He’s a fun horse to own. We’ll run him until he tells us not to and I promise to get him a great home.”

http://www.drf.com/news/aqueduct-cai...help-his-owner

[Cannon Shell]

I'm sure another starter allowance race will appear for him

[pweizer]

I love this horse, but he hasn't run in a claiming race since Repole claimed him in 2011 and still finds starter allowance conditions to fit. It is pretty amazing.

Paul

[parsixfarms]

Originally Posted by pweizer

I love this horse, but he hasn't run in a claiming race since Repole claimed him in 2011 and still finds starter allowance conditions to fit. It is pretty amazing.

I don't know that I would call it amazing, as much as it is a really ridiculous use/interpretation of the "condition eligibility" language in the NYRA condition book.

[Cannon Shell]

Originally Posted by parsixfarms

I don't know that I would call it amazing, as much as it is a really ridiculous use/interpretation of the "condition eligibility" language in the NYRA condition book.

Amazing that "graded stakes winners excluded" wasn't added to the condition after the 1st starter race he won at short odds. But it seems like racing in NY is for a few people's whims regardless of how negatively that it affects the cards. When they stopped having starter handicaps and replaced them with allowance condition starters with a 36 months of eligibility they open the door for more bad races.

[freddymo]

Originally Posted by Cannon Shell

Amazing that "graded stakes winners excluded" wasn't added to the condition after the 1st starter race he won at short odds. But it seems like racing in NY is for a few people's whims regardless of how negatively that it affects the cards. When they stopped having starter handicaps and replaced them with allowance condition starters with a 36 months of eligibility they open the door for more bad races.

To be fair, haven't you ever walked into a racing secretary's office and asked him or her to write a race a certain way that is beneficial for you and your owners. Does a day go by at any track that a trainer doesn't ask for a helping hand from the Racing office. I get your point and its fair. I find it a feather in Steve's Cap that Dee Tee seems to get their stock in on big days. Steve does a lot for racing and is a huge supporter of NYRA is it such a crime that 20 claimer gets used on Travers weekend? I see nothing wrong with cooperation and some favoritism. Is it so different then any other industry? While your point is fair that horse is very popular and people like seeing him race, would you rather see some Winning Move juice job up steal 60% of a 80k purse?