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rainman2

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Is this fair to the young horses at Batavia?
« on: September 12, 2024, 08:04:23 PM »
Listed here is how the bottom class is currently written.

You have young horses racing against seasoned horses with fast times to boot!

Thoughts and input please!

RACE 9 - Batavia Downs - NY - September 11, 2024
Conditions: NW $1,250 LAST 5 STS OR OPT CL $5,000 AE: NW 2 EXT PM RACES LT
Gait: Pace  Purse: 5,000  Class: NW1250L5  Distance: 1 mile  Track Cond: FT  Temp-Allow: 78-0  Off Time: 8:40 PM

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Re: Is this fair to the young horses at Batavia?
« Reply #1 on: September 12, 2024, 08:31:50 PM »
My first thought is that they are having trouble finding entries. I have seen some similarly weird races at Harrahs Philly with horse combinations that appear blatantly unfair, but they did not involve 2 year olds. Personally I would not be entering a 2 year old in this particular race.
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Re: Is this fair to the young horses at Batavia?
« Reply #2 on: September 12, 2024, 08:56:36 PM »
I just looked at the race program from weds for race 9, there was no 2 yr olds racing in this race, the youngest in this race was 5 years old.

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Re: Is this fair to the young horses at Batavia?
« Reply #3 on: September 12, 2024, 08:58:21 PM »
Very few 2 year olds in Western NY any more. 

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Re: Is this fair to the young horses at Batavia?
« Reply #4 on: September 12, 2024, 08:58:47 PM »
Sorry, youngest was 4 yrs old

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Re: Is this fair to the young horses at Batavia?
« Reply #5 on: September 12, 2024, 09:07:22 PM »
Sorry, youngest was 4 yrs old

Probably a 4 year old n/w of 2 against aged horses.  Tough road to go if n/w of 2.

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Re: Is this fair to the young horses at Batavia?
« Reply #6 on: September 13, 2024, 07:03:11 AM »
The condition also shows nw1 draw inside.

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Re: Is this fair to the young horses at Batavia?
« Reply #7 on: September 13, 2024, 07:21:53 AM »
Stupid thread started by an idiot. Batavia has plenty of races for young horses.

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Re: Is this fair to the young horses at Batavia?
« Reply #8 on: September 13, 2024, 10:09:13 AM »
Stupid thread started by an idiot. Batavia has plenty of races for young horses.

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