02-20-2022, 06:56 PM
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#95
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Thomas Roulston
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a "fixed" five-horse race would be too minimal to be worth the trouble for anyone to "fix" such a race, NYRA sheepishly repealed the rule.
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NYSRWB rule, not NYRA
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