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Claiming Crown Observations
In playing this year's Claiming Crown, it seems like 90% of runners are Florida based horses. Since Aqueduct was still running their Fall meet, New York horses, jockeys and trainers were missing.
I live in Minnesota and was at the first Claiming Crown, as well as all the others in Minnesota. About half were Minnesota based, the rest came from all over---CA, KY, NY, IL and others.
It was like a minor Breeders Cup.
Canterbury claimed they lost money holding it.
Originally it was to rotate to other tracks, with Canterbury holding it every other year.
Gulfstream rescued it from certain death.
Saturday felt like a bunch starter allowances--which the Claiming Crown is--with huge purses for Florida based horses.
Maybe they need to run it a month later, or go back to rotating with other tracks every other year.
This is not a rant or complaint, since I did have a winning day.
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Now a question, or rant if you will.
Did you notice that GP had a 6-10 minute lag time before loading the horses?
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