MiamiScreamingEagles
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March 4, 2017
Gulfstream (Florida):
Aqueduct (New York):
http://www.drf.com/news/aqueduct-will-race-three-days-week-during-march
Gulfstream (Florida):
- Today's card is filled with excellent racing. Should offer handicappers the opportunity to display skills. Deep fields, stakes races with talented runners and connections. I would assume $15,000,000 handle is not out of the question.
Aqueduct (New York):
- Meanwhile, the NYRA has decided to reduce racing to three days a week for the month of March. It has been a subpar meet for the track. When the riders move north and certainly when Belmont and eventually Saratoga kick in, New York will be elevated.
http://www.drf.com/news/aqueduct-will-race-three-days-week-during-march
OZONE PARK, N.Y. – The New York Racing Association has tinkered with its schedule for the month of March the last several winters trying to deal with what it says is a “brutal” month when it comes to field size.
This year, NYRA has scheduled just three days of racing per week at Aqueduct for the balance of March. The three-day schedule was supposed to start next week, but it actually began this week when high winds forced the cancellation of Thursday’s card.
Average field size at Aqueduct has dipped below seven horses per race in March in two of the last three years – it was 6.89 in 2016. In 2015, average field size was 7.92 in March, but there had been 13 full-card cancellations in January and February.
“It’s too early to bring in 2-year-olds, and no one’s come back from Florida,” said Martin Panza, NYRA’s senior vice president of racing operations. “Everybody’s worn out. We’ve been running the same horses for the last four months. We have the stats; the last 10 years, the month of March is brutal.”
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