M0+ mares only races up until Novermber 30th, 2011 in NSW- 4. That's right. 4!!!!
October 8th, $16,000 M0 Mares Only at Menangle.
October 18th, $16,000 M0/M1 Mares Only at Menangle.
November 12th, $16,000 M0/M1 Mares Only at Menangle.
November 26th, $17,500 M0/M3 Mares Only at Menangle.
4 races out of a total of 30 Metro $$$ events carded.
50% of the horse population........ 13% of the races.
With all the forelock tugging & hand wringing that has gone on in recent times with both the various States and HRA's let's breed more horses, we need to get more foals on the ground routine...wouldn't you think that it would finally dawn on someone that the idea of simply breeding more foals...whilst at the same time not addressing, and in fact just continuing to ignore half of them by denying them reasonable racing opportunities against their own sex...is at the very least a pretty stupid approach?
What is the God damned point in increasing the Australian foal crop by a 1000 or so if 500 of them will be in the same boat as they are now? i.e. fillies & mares struggling for racing opportunities against their own sex and especially so mares at the upper end of the class spectrum, which are the very horses that should be encouraged to stay in the system for as long as possible.
Interestingly, in the same period as there are just 4 Metro $ races...there are, here in NSW, no fewer than 47 4yo+ C0's through to C4/5/6 type mares only events for the bread & butter $$$.
It's all well and good to work your way through those races when and if they stand up but there's a big ol' WTF coming your way when your mare is say a C6 M0 & looking for a shot at a Metro against other mares. If that's what you're looking for then apparently, you can go whistle Dixie.
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