Any chance of a few changes to the race schedule this season?
I’ve got a few suggestions:
Flat
I’d like to see separate 3yo maiden races for colts and fillies in Week 1 and Week 2:
1m2f colts-only maiden
1m4f colts-only maiden
Same for fillies only maidens across the same weeks
I don’t think colts and fillies should be meeting before the Classics, and splitting them would also help produce clearer form for the Classic trials too.
Week 2
There are three 5f 2yo races but no 7f option.
I’d suggest changing one of the 5f maidens to 7f
Week 2
There are three 1m handicaps, including the R28 0–100.
I’d like to see the 0–100 handicap reduced to a 0–70 or 0–80. and should make the Lincoln more competitive
Not sure the G1H Doncaster Handicap helps too. The Doncaster Handicap and also the Queen of the Turf Stakes, and AJC Q.E Stakes being at Randwick, could potentially be moved to Week 3, and could swap them with the maidens in Week 3
NH
I had these suggestions too, but was also trying to remove races too with the workload, but do we need to do this now, with AI doing alot
Week1
Hurdles
Change one of the 2m hurdles to 2m1
Remove one of the 2m4 hurdles, still have 3 maiden races from 2m3 to 2m5, then
Remove one of the 3m hurdles, still 2 maiden races at 3m/3m1
Change Galway Hurdle to G3
Novice hurdles
Change one of the 2m hurdles to 2m1
Chases
Remove one of the 2m1 chases, still be 2 races from 2m/2m1
Change 2m6 chase to 2m5
Add a 3m3 Maiden, another option for 3m2.5f gold cup horses
Change Galway Plate to G3
Novice Chases
Change one of the 2m to 2m1
Change one of the 2m4 to 2m5 or 2m3 ,already have a 2m4 race
Change one of the 3m to 3m1
Remove the 3m2 , no other novice races over 3m1
3 races freed up, taking it to 36
Change the sharp tracks at Taunton and Hereford, I don't think these are a good idea for maidens
Week 2 NH
Hurdles
Tipperary Hurdle G2 is a G3 irl
Two 2m2 hurdle handicaps, maybe remove one
Chases
Listed and G3 3m chase, maybe remove one. There is the Charlie Hall chase too at 3m1
4m and 4m2 chase maidens, maybe remove one and just have a 4m1 maiden
Novice chases
Two 2m1 chases change one to 2m
Juv hurdles, there are two 2m1 hurdles, remove one, maybe just have the maiden
Four Races freed up, taking it to 36 like week 1
Like I said, maybe not remove so many races now though if AI is doing alot of the work
More here viewtopic.php?f=16&t=21454
Seems all stopped after week 4, but sure, we can all go through other weeks too, and more threads on this too
It would be good if we could make some changes to the schedule
If not, no worries, just can we at least change the 2m4 race at Perth
