The Mother Goose Stakes

[philcski]

Originally Posted by Cannon Shell

If I stabled close to NY, probably. What if you dont enter and 2 scratch? I have made some owners quite a bit of money in both real purses and bloodstock value by entering and running in short field stakes.

Absolutely, the bloodstock value of "finishing third in a G1" isn't diminished by there only being 5 in there. It's still GSP.

On top of that, the way these short field stake races are run, it's more likely that a Sumwon-type who wouldn't necessarily be trying to win but rather catch a piece more likely ends up finishing 3rd rather than 5th, as one or two top contenders push too hard trying for the win and stop cold.