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Early season maidens by their very nature cater for precocious 2yr old types so you run the risk of not having large entries because horses may not be physically ready to run multiple times if at all at that stage of their career, hence the reason why the backend maidens always have healthy entries and in some cases are even over subscribed and have to have divisions 1 and 2 to cope.
Don’t remember hearing many trainers complaining about this so called ‘long held concern’ myself and you would have to question whether changing 90% of these race as a trial is the correct thing to do – once in place you will probably get trainers moaning over the penalty structure they put in place being unfair and discouraging horses from running.
Guess this issue is one on the very short list of things that the BHA does actually have the power to change but surely there are other issues that need addressing ahead of this?
I have always been a fan of maiden races, as well as Novice Chases.
As with the pressure from bookmakers to slash the number of “unprofitable” novice chases, one can assume the motivation behind this also lies squarely with the bookmakers, however with Nick Rust in place, the BHA have cleverly spun this so that it seems trainers have pressurised them into action.
Surely from a trainers perspective you would rather introduce or continue the education of a young, raw animal against similar types rather than pitching them in against previous winners.
I don’t have figures at my disposal, but I don’t recall having the impression that field sizes were a particular problem in maidens – quite the opposite in fact.
The sport is becoming well and truly at the mercy of bookmakers who continually threaten to withdraw their support. It is high time the Tote is brought back into public ownership and bookmakers advised their involvement in the sport is no longer required.
Bookmakers ‘we need bigger field sizes’
Bookmaker in charge of bha ‘will this do’
Don’t think there would be any drunkeness in a brewery nick rust was ever in charge of
I have always been a fan of maiden races, as well as Novice Chases.
As with the pressure from bookmakers to slash the number of “unprofitable” novice chases, one can assume the motivation behind this also lies squarely with the bookmakers, however with Nick Rust in place, the BHA have cleverly spun this so that it seems trainers have pressurised them into action.
Surely from a trainers perspective you would rather introduce or continue the education of a young, raw animal against similar types rather than pitching them in against previous winners.
I don’t have figures at my disposal, but I don’t recall having the impression that field sizes were a particular problem in maidens – quite the opposite in fact.
The sport is becoming well and truly at the mercy of bookmakers who continually threaten to withdraw their support. It is high time the Tote is brought back into public ownership and bookmakers advised their involvement in the sport is no longer required.
Couldn’t agree more with Ivanjica.
I personally love both flat maidens and NH novice chases.
I find them extremely informative. I also believe that youngsters should be given an opportunity to gain experience against similar animals.
I have heard opinions , particularly about novice chases , that they learn bad habits from each other, rather than learning good habits from more experienced horses. This, in my humble opinion is poppycock, as I think that pitching an inexperienced youngster against fast jumping, more experienced, others, is a recipe for lost confidence at best, and something a lot more dangerous at worst.
The loss of maiden races is again the bookmaking lobby calling the tune for their short term gain rather than for the future good of the sport. Anyone surprised ? I guess not.
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