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Originally Posted by Merlinsky
 Aw man. 
In all seriousness it, to me, is like saying 15 and 16 yr olds shouldn't have jobs. Sure they'll probably do a better job and be more mature about it later but you have to take baby steps. They could royally screw up their life if they're too immature but when guided properly it works out. |
This sort of illustrates (baby steps) why I think 2-turn races before October are bad for 2yos. In the Good Old Days, nearly every major 2yo race was a 1-turn race - Breeders' Futurity (Beard course, 7f+), Kentucky Jockey Club S (8f CD chute), Remsen S (8f-Aqu chute), even the Laurel-Pimlico Futurity was a 1-turn 1 1/16 with a finish line a half-furlong beyond the normal finish line. Only the Garden State State S (disc in 1973) on the first weekend of November was a 2-turn race. Then came Oak Tree with the Norfolk (which wasn't a major race at the beginning) in mid-October. And its been downhill from there.
Nowadays we see them going 2-turns in AUGUST, for god's sake. Too much torque on immature joints. The Brits realize that classic candidates don't need to some extended distance to prepare at 2 - their championship races for 2yos and classic previews are the Dewhurst S (7f) and the Middle Park S (6f), with the 8f G1 mile race at Doncaster being more for pointing out future stayers (2-milers) and all are on the straight or around one Belmont-style turn.