Here's a new condition

[Linny]

I guess F'Lakes is tired of trainers shipping out to PID.

Today's 5th race conditions:
"$5000B For 3yo and upward for Trainers which have not raced at Presque Isle Downs in the 2011 racing season. A minimum of 15 starts at Finger Lakes in 2011 is required..."

I have never before seen a race where the conditions applied only to the trainers, not the horse. The only "condition" on the horse is that they be in for a $5k tag.

[Tom]

Wow.
Must be the village idiot landed a job a the thumb.

[jeebus1083]

If Finger Lakes starts doing this for every race, there won't be anyone around anymore to race!

[FantasticDan]

They called it "The Loyalty Purse", a tongue-in-cheek jab/joke I guess. They laughed about it during the pre-race prattle.

[Robert Goren]

What next? Bettors who bet a race at Presque are not allowed to bet certain races at Finger. Oops, I forgot, nobody bets Presque.;)

[takeout]

Wow, that pretty much says it all. Tracks are getting more and more heavy-handed as “the big shrinkage” continues.

[onefast99]

What next? Bettors who bet a race at Presque are not allowed to bet certain races at Finger. Oops, I forgot, nobody bets Presque.;)
Yes the racing secretary would be the guy to go to for such a thing.

[BIG49010]

Sportsman's Park used to write races like non winners of race at meet for trainers. Grey horses only over the age of 6. They had some other gems, maybe someone else remembers. I use to love that track, it used to be so much better than Hawthorne, it's too bad they made such a bad move.