Classified Experiment Over at Tioga Downs

[Pacingguy]

Apparently, the classified racing experiment at Tioga Downs has come to an end. This week's condition sheed it back to non-winners, etc.

I don't know exactly why the experiment was ended; perhaps with too many shippers coming in and out, it was hard to match fields up.

[The Tioga Team]

PG is right, the classification system has been replaced by its predecessor, the NW money classes. The reason(s) for the return are: general discontent of the Tioga horsemen and the difficulty of using the system with an ever-changing horse supply (TD races are regularly comprised of 65-70% shippers and seldom the same horses) as opposed to a consistent menu of horses from the backstretch.

Nick

[LottaKash]

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Hooray !.....

best,