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I don't believe that was the explanation that was given to me by Indiana commission office. This direction only helps the bigger stables that carry plenty of pacing inventory. Say if Burke, Miller, Brown to name a few has four or more pacing colts they now get 1 horse in each divison. Now they get to max out on points in each divison. Points earned along the way guarantee you could have two top trainers get 6 or more of the 10 final slots. How does that even the playing field? I see this year in and year out with PA trotting ranks loaded with Takter horses. Or in OH with Brown pacers. Or PA with Burke pacers. This way same as the old way in the other states cater to the big stables. With 8 of these legs all worth points by the 3rd leg mom and pop will be out of contention, horses will be beat up with fast miles getting a small check. Horses will drop out leaving 2 or 3 fields with bigger purses for the bigger trainers to take down. I'm common folk and don't see the win win here? IN had the best program because off a tier basis. If you couldn't reach the 75k final after the elims. You had a 25k consolation and another 17k consolation if you had enough entries. One week you race for 20k the next for the 3 purses I provided. X 5 legs = 10 races. Now 8 legs and your first is for 26k. IN fucked up the best sire program in the states.
seems like a bad idea
All the Heavyweight 3 YO are in to go. Who comes out on top is anyone's guess ?