Walkover/Default Wins...

[S u N f r O s T ~]

...do NOT and should NOT be counted on a horse's record. Consider the race canceled. Do NOT record these results on your horse's page or count them towards stable points. For obvious reasons, this isn't really fair and doesn't show the horse's talent in any way. Do NOT count these races.

Thank you.

[Ripley]

We shouldn't have these abilities to get default wins or just cancel the races with one entrant each. I know on GHF at times we have collapsed races together to the higher grade stakes in order to make competition and be able to count the wins. Even if we collapsed the races here we would still have small fields enough for everyone to get a piece of the top three. So why not just collapse the grade2's and ones or if there are no entries for grade ones, collapse the grade twos with grade threes?Yes they are small stakes races, but the horses in those races will end up not sticking around because they can't get wins or race their horses.

We have plenty of maiden races where it works out. And do not seem to have a problem getting fields for grade fours and grade fives. But until horses start getting on a roll the higher quality fields will never get larger.

[S u N f r O s T ~]

We usually collapse when dealing with Season Series races, but you do have a good point. How does everybody feel about that? Maybe we should have a maiden, grade five, grade four and then a grade three+ race every week until the higher grades start filling up again?

[Cavallo]

<sub>This is what we will do. I agree that defaulted races should not be included in stable points or the horse's race record.

We will collapse the fields, as was suggested. I see no problem in this, and it will sharpen our horses with the increased competition! Higher grades will run G3+ until, as Frosty said, we have more higher grade horses. Also, a note on races!

For 2yos, I say don't race more than two weeks in a row. ;) Three is the max, but you'll risk a lower possible placement.</sub>

[Kirsten Jade]

_{can this rule only apply from jan wk 4 + ? cause i always started a post about Melody's walkover... i won't include it in the stable pts but i really want it on her record... it'll screw up my post then :(}

[Cavallo]

_{That's fine. It will apply starting in February races. ;)}

[Kirsten Jade]

<sub>thanks dear.

In real life i've seen horses win by walkover lol. Everyone is scared to run their horses against a certain horse... like Man O War :P (What a beast horse!)</sub>