Why are there more Dash & 11/4 races in harness?

[Wildwood]

Enjoyed watching and betting them @ Pompano

[Wildwood]

are not

[MR.DALRAE]

I FOR ONE ALSO ENJOYED IT

[Bernie Madoff]

I would welcome more sprints. I think Maywood had 6 furlong races. That was FUN.

[Rabbi Of Racing]

Shorter races are good for the gamblers,get the agony over with quicker

[MR.DALRAE]

LETS YOU GET TO THE CASINO QUICKER

[tracks]

Enjoyed watching and betting them @ Pompano

16 horse fields going for 11/2 mile and 10 minutes between races. That many horses and a 11/2 race would cut down on drugs.

[tracks]

It would be hard to win on drugs when you have 15 other horses Wareing down a druged horses.

[Mbdreamer]

Yonkers already offers 7 or 8 dashes each program: a sprint to the quarter pole, then a single file 3/4 mile jog to the “finish” line led by the sprint winner.

[tracks]

But how about 15 to 16 horse fields