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Originally Posted by SandyW
Why don't we have this problem anywhere else, you only see this amount of scratches at AQU, BEL, and SAR. I guess the reason is that they let the trainers get away with it.
Pick any other track, OAK, KEE, CD, TAM, GP, SA, DMR, HOL, CRC, DEL, WBN, AP you name any other venue and you don't have this scratch problem.
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It's very common at all Mid-Atlantic tracks, largely because there are a lot of opportunities to run and races to be filled. Granted right now there aren't a ton of other turf opportunities, but there are some.
All tracks can do is try to card races that suit the horses they have on the grounds. Any type of hard line approach---"If you scratch you can't enter any more horses"---would simply drive those owners and trainers to the many other tracks in the region and lead to even smaller fields.
