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Old 02-20-2022, 06:56 PM   #95
affirmedny
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Originally Posted by Thomas Roulston View Post
Who else remembers the lame policy that NYRA briefly observed in the early '80s: If a race had fewer than six betting interests, exacta wagering was canceled?

And why did they do this?

Because they thought that five-horse fields were more likely to be "fixed"!

After every racing writer in the NY/NJ area pointed out that the return from a "fixed" five-horse race would be too minimal to be worth the trouble for anyone to "fix" such a race, NYRA sheepishly repealed the rule.
NYSRWB rule, not NYRA
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