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The last at Melton tonight is an example of what I had hoped the tiered system might reduce
A 4yo who won about $150k as a 2 & 3yo going around in a $3,500 race - they are figuring "why not win $1,750 instead of going around in a trial"...

Probably not a bad result considering the title of the thread, $1.30 and only won by half a head.
At least we've reduced the number of well performed NZ 3yo purchases resuming in Vic in a "trial" at $1.04 against R0's.
Was she a late nom, I couldn't imagine others would have scratched just because she was in the original noms...would there have been more noms when extended if she wasn't there..but why weren't there more noms in the first place?
I have a bit of a soft spot for fillies returning from age/same sex racing but with R racing what criteria would you use? PBD points wouldn't work across the board as some horses have only earned good points in R races without winning and would find it hard to get a good draw.