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Originally Posted by dalakhani
That regardless of the purse or prestige of the race, it is extremely difficult to get a decent field of handicap horses together for a 10f race on dirt.
The suburban was the only 10f Grade 1 race for older horses for months and I honestly can not name half of the field.
What good would it be to have two 10f races so close together in the fall? Wouldnt the Woodward have a better chance of filling with quality if it were 9f instead of 10f?
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Probably. But I don't think the Suburban failed to attract good horses because it was run at ten furlongs. I think it had more to do with the Foster and Hollywood Gold Cup being run two weeks earlier for $1,000,000 and $750,000 respectively, plus the reality that there just are very few good handicap horses out there.