In the 20's [Exterminator was held back in order for his stalemate to win] a owner/trainer could declare one of his entries to win and the rider of the other could hold the other one back
I didn't know that they still doing that. But after watching the 4th race @Saratoga when Javier had the race won when he took a look at the screen, and who is behind him? his stablemate, and he did his best to let them pass him.
Sour grapes on my part?
A friend was complaining about this race too. I thought the horse was going into the rail and he had
to straighten her out. Her stablemate blew by her imo and , well he made sure she got 2nd :celebrate: :celebrate:
The formal declaration isn't done anymore—the obvious reason being that horses aren't coupled—but the act is still done. One of the more famous, yet forgotten instances of declaring was the 1940 Santa Anita Handicap. Seabiscuit had been declared by the Howard's as their preferred winner over Kayak. Laura Hilkenbrand knew this when she wrote her book, and included it in her original draft, but it was nixed by the publisher because it didn't play well with the "real life" Hollywood ending. Instead, Hillenbrand referred to Joe Hernandez's loosely fictitious call when describing the race. Hernandez's call has become legend and as the saying goes, when the legend becomes fact, print the legend.
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Thanks yet once again!
There still coupled entries in NY,almost every day
Quote from: Raven on August 07, 2018, 03:45:18 PM
There still coupled entries in NY,almost every day
I know they can be there, but what is the criteria? In the 2016 Belmont, for example, I thought it was a crime that Creator and Gettysburg weren't coupled.
Quote from: curtis on August 07, 2018, 04:08:22 PM
I know they can be there, but what is the criteria? In the 2016 Belmont, for example, I thought it was a crime that Creator and Gettysburg weren't coupled.
Good question - I HATE coupled entries
Quote from: Dusty on August 07, 2018, 06:40:41 PM
Good question - I HATE coupled entries
Why? I think in the long run, they can protect the bettor.
Quote from: curtis on August 07, 2018, 07:08:15 PM
Why? I think in the long run, they can protect the bettor.
Not if you make a decent living betting the other Baffert!
Quote from: curtis on August 07, 2018, 07:08:15 PM
Why? I think in the long run, they can protect the bettor.
HOW? you are really just betting the favorite of the two and is the other wins - you lose or do not get the$$ you should
Quote from: Dusty on August 07, 2018, 11:45:09 PM
HOW? you are really just betting the favorite of the two and is the other wins - you lose or do not get the$$ you should
Go look up the chart of the 2016 Belmont and report back as to why Gettysburg was in. I get the other Baffert—once upon a time it was the other Mandella, the other Frankel, the other Whittingham—but too much is made out of that and always has been. If it's such a fail proof method, then why is there such a discrepancy in the odds? Call me a softy for specially wired types but I threw $2 on the other Baffert in the Derby. I'd have been better off if he was coupled with that red horse with all the chrome—I forget his name, only made a handful of starts.😉
Probably more people concerned with why Exaggerator was bet down to 7/5.
http://www.equibase.com/premium/chartEmb.cfm?track=BEL&raceDate=06/11/2016&cy=USA&rn=11
Quote from: curtis on August 07, 2018, 04:08:22 PM
I know they can be there, but what is the criteria? In the 2016 Belmont, for example, I thought it was a crime that Creator and Gettysburg weren't coupled.
Before July 2015 horses with common ownership had to be coupled in stakes races with purse of 1.000.000
With the new rules the purse prize is lowered to stakes races of 50.000 or more when 2 or more horses with common ownership or 25% commonality among non-managing owners
Horse trained by the same trainer but separate owners are not coupled
Quote from: Raven on August 08, 2018, 11:52:46 AM
Before July 2015 horses with common ownership had to be coupled in stakes races with purse of 1.000.000
With the new rules the purse prize is lowered to stakes races of 50.000 or more when 2 or more horses with common ownership or 25% commonality among non-managing owners
Horse trained by the same trainer but separate owners are not coupled
Thanks, Raven, I notice a lot of entries in NY but didn't know the exact criteria. I'm guessing the 2016 Belmont was a TC exception since Creator and Gettysburg shared ownership? I suppose this year too as it seems Sol Kumin owns a piece of every horse.
Speaking of coupled entries in NY.......
How about IradOrtiz-1 and JoseOrtiz-1A.
Quote from: stark on August 10, 2018, 10:39:49 AM
Speaking of coupled entries in NY.......
How about IradOrtiz-1 and JoseOrtiz-1A.
Following in the footsteps of other great Islanders like Angel Cordero and John Velasquez
Another islander is Manuel Franco