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    Junior Member Foal newbie will become famous soon enough
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    Class Question

    Hi, I am pretty new to harness racing. I have a rough idea of how the classes progess ie C0, C1, M1 etc but am trying to work out how a horse can race in the same class again after it just won in that class. ie: a 4YO pacer wins a C1 and then a few starts later is still able to run in another C1 (no handicap etc, just a normal Mobile start). I would have thought that horse would now be a C2 and ineligible to race in C1?

    Apologies its probably such an easy thing to know but Im still trying to get my head around it!

    thanks

    D

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    Dave,
    In Victoria this can happen for two reasons 1.A Junior claiming driver 2. A Mare can receive one class reduction when racing the boys.

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    what Amanda said is correct. In addition, other than Vic, if a horse is a particular class at close of acceptance time it can go in the race even if it wins a race in between the second race

    If you give us the name, I can have a look at it

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    Can also happen if C0 win was a heat and next race the final. Also sometimes they have penalty free races eg. Invitation drivers races.

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    Just to make it a bit harder for you Newbie in some circumstances a horse can $500k as a 2 and 3 year old and still be a CO.


    One of the greatest handicapping or should I say non handicapping anomalies of all time.

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    Thank you all very much for the info. Those explanations do explain the horses I have seen. Quite complicated indeed!!
    thanks

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    Quote Originally Posted by Chariots View Post
    Just to make it a bit harder for you Newbie in some circumstances a horse can $500k as a 2 and 3 year old and still be a CO.


    One of the greatest handicapping or should I say non handicapping anomalies of all time.
    What Ray said!!!!!

    and how bloody easy would it be to fix????

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    Who are these horses yoi speak of Ray and Danno?

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    Senior Member Colt Chariots will become famous soon enough
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    Just off the top of my head Alta Christiano won the $50k Western Gateway, then the $200k WA derby and had its next start in a $6,200 CO at Pinjarra at a $1.04.

    Many others if I had the time and inclination to search but the above is a pretty good example of what can happen under our current system.

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    Follow The Stars, 23 Jan 2015, Terang at Melton CO @ $1.04.
    A bit different to the Alta Christiano example as this was Follow the Star's second run back as a 3yo, although he did win the $18,200 Waikato Guineas at his first start back. But still >$450,000 prize money previous season. If there were programming changes, how would these type of fillies be handled?
    Last edited by arlington; 04-13-2015 at 07:09 AM.

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