Re: Nashoba's Key (431 Views)
Posted by:
Barry Irwin (IP Logged)
Date: October 04, 2007 07:15PM
In every country in the civilized world of racing, handicaps are regularly produced. At year's end, the Champion is decided by which horses are weighted atop their divisions.
Even more importantly than determing the Champions themselves is the ability to be able to compare horses by how many pounds superior they are to their competition.
We don't have this in America and it is a disservice to owners and especially to breeders.
Funny story: when I worked at the Thoroughbred of California magazine in the early 1970s, a guy named Alan Magerman stopped by the library. He owned a fast sprinter named George Lewis.
In those days, in the DRF, the voters used to have their names listed with their one-two-three selections in each division.
Magerman looked at the page, turned to a friend and said "Hey look at this. This guy here voted for my horse for Champion sprinter--and I don't even know him!"