Bob and John wins Lone Star Park Handicap

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Originally Posted by hockey2315

Maybe I'm being too hard on these horses. . . Part of my problem is that there are actually races out there like this one that carry graded status and big purses. . . Bob and John doesn't deserve a G3 win and his share of 388k for beating 3 other horses on a sloppy track today. . .

I do not see how you can blame the horses who do enter for the lack on field size, unless they are that much better. Blame the racing secretary and the track for not pushing their premiere race to get trainers interested.

Maybe these two entrants made other G3 level horses shy away? Both of these particular horses are a step below the top tier of the handicap division. So this is exactly where they fit, weaker G2 and solid G3/non-graded stakes races.

Side note... While at the OTB this Memorial day I saw 24 tracks who were in action. 24!! and MANY had 6 or 7 horse fields.... pathetic.

We have too many tracks, with too many races....