Too many races spoil it for all concerned

Close examination of Caymanas Park’s Mouttet Mile points allocation published in the Track and Pools lays bare the quantity and quality of top-class horses available for the racing secretary to pencil competitive events.

The list also exposes what no horseman wants to hear, especially barns with horses classified as Grade One runners, which is the fact that too many races, juxtaposed against number of horses available, are allotted for this category of horses, especially at distances exceeding six furlongs.

A very conservative count - proportionate weight allocations taken into consideration for purposes of varying ability (rating by past performances) — would make RIDEALLDAY, THE PRINCE’S SPUR, GALLANT GROOM, GIRVANO, BARNABY, NAUTICAL STAR, SUPERNATURAL POWER, LEGACY ISLE, and PHENOMENAL POWER nine automatic qualifiers as the country’s best mid- to long-distance runners on current form.