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NONWINNERS
ALLOWANCES
for four-year-olds and up, nonwinners other than maiden or claiming.
FORM:
Has raced within thirty days,
with regular workouts of three or more since, or has raced within sixty
days and has a string of regular workouts, including two or more of
fast time and at least one within a furlong of today's distance.
DISTANCE:
Has finished in-the-money
or within three lengths of the winner at today's exact distance.
HANDICAPPERS
PREFER:
1. A foreign-raced horse
of Europe that has placed or
finished close in a graded or listed stakes.
2. A lightly raced improving four-year-old from a top barn
that recently broke maiden ranks impressively and has
raced well in few tries under allowance conditions. 3. Any foreign-raced
horse that has won multiple races of
allowance grade or better, particularly if the import
has high earnings resulting from close finishes in
stakes or handicaps.
IN
THE ABSENCE OF THE ABOVE, PREFER:
4. A consistent winner of
higher-priced claiming races.
REGULAR
ELIMINATIONS:
1. Horses five-years-old
and older.
2. Regularly raced four-year-olds whose records show no
recent and significant improvement.
3. Horses entered more than once in claiming races without
winning.
4. Won wire-to-wire, quit when pressed on early pace.
EXTRA
ADDED ATTRACTIONS:
1. Prior entry in a stakes
or handicap.
2. Regarding imports, a stable that wins consistently with
them.
3. A jockey change to one of the three leaders in the
standings.
4. Consistent early speed
SPECIAL
CONDITIONS:
ON TURF, PREFER:
1. Foreign-raced horses that
race regularly on grass,
particularly those that have performed best at today's
exact distance, or at closely related distances.
2. Four-year-olds inexperienced on grass but having
outstanding turf breeding.
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