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Originally Posted by eurobounce
That would be my 1st move as well. Lets take Silver Train for example, that horse could go undefeated all year and actually beat the horse who won the BC Sprint, but since he didnt race outside of Belmont and didnt race in the Sprint then he wouldnt win the award. I really think a committee needs to be formed to vote on these awards, and I like your point systems. There is too much on the line for the vote to be so casual.
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Yeah I think so as well.
Its a tragedy that one day decides a wholes year's work. Its just so illogical. Its a day where many if not all(like at Lone Star) of the horses haven't run on that surface and have to ship to race. Many, if not most, horses will not run their "A" race that day. Every year you see horses who are very talented sputtering away on the track. East Coast horses have next to no chance on the hard speed favoring Cali surfaces. And the last time it was at Gulfstream, well if you didn't make the lead or sit near it, you couldnt win. One closer won that day, Anees, and thats only because everyonee knew about the bias by then and they engaged in a torrid duel across the track that exhausted all of em.
You can't decide a whole year's work on one day at a track where many have never run and have to ship in. It should be a tie breaker, if horses are close the rest of the year. The way it is now, its the other way around. Completely illogical.