Re: The Triple Crown needs Restructuring (585 Views)
Posted by:
gatodelsol (IP Logged)
Date: May 22, 2006 02:08PM
First let me say that any day that any horse breaks down at any track is a bad day for racing and leaves me with an empty feeling whether I've won or lost (particularly when I am there to witness it in person). But I'm also keenly aware of the fact that if it weren't for the crazy owners and trainers that insist on running short-priced favorites on short rest coming off significant tops, there would not be very many really good betting opportunities out there. If you are really concerned about all horses, then why not just make a rule that any horse that runs within let's say 6 Beyer points of his top or better, has to wait 4 weeks before it can race again. This would save many more horse lives than just restructuring the TC races.