Cumberland KY condition

[dinkadoo]

NW of $1500 L4  for KY trainers

Purse $17,000   

Handle $ 3.837

Bad part of this.... if you win, you have to move up about 6 classes.

[Locked in with pace]

NOT TRUE. Read the condition sheet. You move up ONE CLASS. It clearly states in the next class up AE: starters in this class or lower.

Great program. If all the tracks were run like Kentucky the industry would be in much better shape.

[The Exporter]

When many racetracks first opened as new tracks with slots, the same scenario was in play. I am speaking of Thoroughbred tracks. They still had the same horsemen and horse population with a barn full of $5k claimers. So they wrote races and conditions from the available horse population. $5K claimers up to say $20K.
 Guys were taking $20 claimers and dropping in for a $5K tag. With  the purse being $30K the risk was minimal.
 Allowance races offered a lucrative safe haven as their purse went from $9K to $40K. Finishing 2nd and keeping your conditions was the game.
Presque Isle Downs was a perfect example of this. Of course things have changed but, it was wild for a while. 

[PineHurstPacer]

isn't this the last week they are open?

It is a very short meet

[HarnessFan1981]

isn't this the last week they are open?

It is a very short meet

Yeah next week is their final week.
4 weeks of racing, 3 days a week.

[dinkadoo]

NOT TRUE. Read the condition sheet. You move up ONE CLASS. It clearly states in the next class up AE: starters in this class or lower.

Great program. If all the tracks were run like Kentucky the industry would be in much better shape.

you got a decent horse that you can sneak into a bottom class - you can rack up some big cash in a few starts.