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Originally Posted by classhandicapper
I think it sometimes gets more complicated because the condition book is out and horses are trained and aiming for certain races. If a card gets cancelled, they can probably squeeze in some of the cancelled races on other days if races don't fill, but you don't want to have to wait several weeks for a race if your horse is ready. You'd rather they run the card as scheduled.
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Sometimes cancelled races scatter to the four winds, others remain intact and repeatable. Some aren't brought back because they would conflict with book races. Entry schedules, alternative spots for cancelled horses, the likelihood that shippers will again enter, and even whether a cancelled race was the self-serving creation of agents or trainers ( that is, containing bad faith entries earmarked for scratching) also enter into the equation.
One thing is certain: the connections of most cancelled horses expect their race to be brought back and can't imagine why that might be ill-advised.
