This rule about running slow sectionals and drivers being fined or suspended is totally ridiculous. There is a rule about not giving your horse every possible chance to win. If you're in front at Menangle and can get away with a quarter in 33+, good on you. You are giving your horse every hope of winning. The ones back in the field should be fined for not putting themselves into the race. You risk a chance of doing a bit more work than you wanted but better than having no hope unless you can run a 25 second quarter for the run home.
If a driver is say, .5 slower than the allowable rate, $200 comes out of his pocket. Get a stopwatch and click stop/start and you will realise how small a margin that is. Totally unfair to someone trying to win a race and do their best.
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