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Owner protests non-enforcement of Santa Anita race condition
Santa Anita ran a race yesterday, according to Bloodhorse... which had the condition of "restricted to trainers with 20 or less horses in their care in California,"
The owner of the 2nd place finisher lodged a protest, saying that 2 of the entrants, including the first place finisher, were from barns with far more than 20 horses. https://www.bloodhorse.com/horse-rac...race-condition What struck me as awful policy was this bit in the Bloodhorse article: "Earlier in the week, Santa Anita racing secretary Rick Hammerle said the condition was more of a "guideline" than a set-in-stone restriction on who can enter the race." And this quoted statement (2 days before the race) from the Santa Anita racing secretary: "(Nunez's) horses are running for $3,200 and $4,000 (claiming prices during the nighttime races at Los Alamitos). I'm not counting those horses. When he applies for stalls here, he applies for six or something. We're not out to have an FBI investigation. How many starts does he make here? Not many." [emphasis added] I can't find where the actual conditions are spelled out, but it they really say no more than 20 horses in training in California, then turning it into a fuzzy requirement is asking for trouble, IMO.
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It's really not. What's asking for trouble is screaming fire in a crowded theater.
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The horse parameter is based on stock on the stall list each trainer files before the meet starts.. Horses intended to run at Santa Anita. Those do not include quarter horses and bottom level thoroughbreds that run at night at Los Al.
A totally irresponsible article, the 2nd non-issue creation by this source since the start of the meet along with the stupidity over the opening day late P5 will pays.
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Sorry, but I find your argument specious in this particular case. We aren't judging horses by the number of horses a trainer has. Do we ever know it anyway. You know where I stand on information to horseplayers, and I spend a good portion of my life at least trying to add to the information available to horseplayers, but I have trouble seeing where there was actually an issue here. We're handicapping horses...aren't we?
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Just what the game needs - Fake conditions, to go with the fake distances run, and the fake times they run them in. What's next, they make the condition "about 20 horses" like GP did to explain the fake 7.5F turf races?
The article was true and the game needs more like it. Irresponsible of SA. Trainer of the place horse should take this to court. |
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You or I could have written clear, concise conditions that matched the intent of the "new" race conditions in a few minutes I'd bet. Maybe even Steve too.
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As someone working for DRF, I would think you'd know to check with a respected circuit reporter like Steve Anderson for added, in this case accurate/detailed, information. But your zeal to ridicule and attack seems to outweigh the propriety of reacting with the most complete possible set of facts.
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There was nothing haphazard about the provisions of the race, as stated above: Horses listed as intended to run at SA during the meet, a list that every trainer is required to provide for insurance purposes. That's what was the benchmark from inside the racing office and for the stewards to OK the concept and running of the race. What was haphazard was an alleged journalist distorting the circumstances around the race with incomplete information, creating an unnecessary reaction from people that have nothing about which to be aggrieved.
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Exactly. I don't see how there can be any argument about this.
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