NYRA to no longer accept entries from horses who ran <14 days ago

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Originally Posted by ScottJ

Which brings us all the way back to one of my very first posts in this entire thread (exchanged with Steve Byk). Explain again why NYRA should continue winter racing? Would anyone really miss January and February? Why not close from December 15th through March 15th?

You really just need to cut back on dates. I agree with you that it's foolhardy to try to run nine races a day, five days a week all throughout the winter, but I don't understand why anyone would think winter racing has to be eliminated altogether. There are still ample owners, trainers, jockeys and horses to run a winter program in NY. NYRA just can't plan to draw the cards as if it's spring or fall at Belmont. 3-4 days instead of 5 would accomplish much of what we're talking about in this thread: expanding field size and strengthening the product, while still allowing the horsemen to put food on their families.