Almost A Walkover
Monday was as close to a walkover as I have ever seen at a race track. The 3rd at Hialeah Park was supposed to be an allowance race with seven horses and a purse of $20,000. It ended up a two horse match race that really wasn't really a very competitive race. The probable favorite, Dynasty of Habits, a five year old mare with career earnings of $154,637 would be running against Awesome Lawsen, a seven year old gelding with career earnings of $33,963 that hadn't run in almost a year.
Five other trainers horse's did not compete for reasons that were unclear at post time.
Truth be told, a quarter horse race between two evenly matched horses can be very exciting. Mine is faster than yours is deeply rooted in the sport. The two horses left in this race were not very evenly matched.
I spent time handicapping the race which was wasted and the Pick 3, Pick 4, and Rainbow Pick 6 were compromised as betting opportunities. I wasn't a very happy camper and will probably see the horses that were scratched later in the week.
Monday, the winning connections would collect $14,000 and 2nd place would collect $6,000.
Walkover-from Wikipedia
The word originates from horse-racing in the United Kingdom, where an entrant in a one-horse race run under Jockey Club rules has at least to "walk over" the course before being awarded victory.[2] This outcome was quite common at a time when there was no guaranteed prize money for horses finishing second or third so there was no incentive to run a horse in a race it could not win. The eighteenth century champion racehorse Eclipse was so dominant over his contemporaries that he was allowed to walk over on nine occasions,[3] and the 1828 Epsom Derby winner Cadland walked over on at least six occasions.
Five other trainers horse's did not compete for reasons that were unclear at post time.
Truth be told, a quarter horse race between two evenly matched horses can be very exciting. Mine is faster than yours is deeply rooted in the sport. The two horses left in this race were not very evenly matched.
I spent time handicapping the race which was wasted and the Pick 3, Pick 4, and Rainbow Pick 6 were compromised as betting opportunities. I wasn't a very happy camper and will probably see the horses that were scratched later in the week.
Monday, the winning connections would collect $14,000 and 2nd place would collect $6,000.
Walkover-from Wikipedia
The word originates from horse-racing in the United Kingdom, where an entrant in a one-horse race run under Jockey Club rules has at least to "walk over" the course before being awarded victory.[2] This outcome was quite common at a time when there was no guaranteed prize money for horses finishing second or third so there was no incentive to run a horse in a race it could not win. The eighteenth century champion racehorse Eclipse was so dominant over his contemporaries that he was allowed to walk over on nine occasions,[3] and the 1828 Epsom Derby winner Cadland walked over on at least six occasions.
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