WHEN A flat yearling is sold at public auction, it qualifies for a programme of two-year-old maiden races the following year, restricted to horses sold at public auction up to a maximum value of, for example, €50,000. The system doesn’t always work smoothly, however. In the current set-up, each runner is allotted a weight –… Read more »
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