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Originally Posted by thaskalos
The trainers are entitled to scratch their grass horses when the race moves off the turf...but the racetrack should also be entitled to drastically reduce the size of the race-purse...when the race is scratched down to a ridiculous number of starters. When a field of twelve horses is downsized to four...then a comparative reduction of the purse should also come into effect...IMO.
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I would tend to agree. However, the surface switch is not necessarily the fault of the owners/trainer of the entrant. So if Mrts Nature decides today is "no fund day" , then why punish the connections?
Its an interesting concept though..
Now, a few years ago NYRA had a tiered purse structure for some races. If the number of starters was a certain amount or over, the purse would be paid as advertised. If fewer than that certain amount went, the advertised purse was lower.
This encouraged trainers to not only enter their horses, but to actually start them.
And I believe it cut down on "warehousing" of horses.
