How can this work?

[curious]

OK. We've got 11 races carded at Pukekohe, all with up to 6 ballots. That's a f up to start with but there's surely nowhere near enough weight spread for this type of open entry approach? Or, they need to split these races in two. For example, take R11 the 2100m race below. Who is going to run an R45 maidener against a tough old 3 flat win R62 horse at level weights? Or for that matter an R67 getting only 5.5kgs from an R82? The same issue is evident in other races. I thought the idea was to make the races competitive in order to attract punting turnover.

11

Starting limit: 14, Ballots: 6

Open Entry Flat Race 2100m - $15,000

Open /Close

Silk	Horse	Trainer	Age	Sex	Order	Rating	Weight
	Sweet Treat	Team Rogerson	6	Mare	-	82	63.00
	Magnanimous Man	Craig and Shaun Phelan	6	Gelding	-	67	57.50
	Windy Height	Antony Fuller	8	Gelding	-	67	57.50
	Plushenko	Grant & Tana Shaw	5	Gelding	-	65	56.50
	Delegate	Shaun & Emma Clotworthy	7	Gelding	-	62	55.00
	Van Blanc	Craig and Shaun Phelan	5	Gelding	-	60	55.00
	Gabriel	Grant Tucker	6	Gelding	-	59	55.00
	Ngatira Gold	Samantha Logan	9	Gelding	-	59	55.00
	Henry Tudor	Samantha Logan	10	Gelding	-	56	55.00
	Arite Guru	Shaun & Emma Clotworthy	8	Gelding	-	55	55.00
	Iffraajinator	Karen Fursdon	5	Gelding	-	55	55.00
	Seconds Out	Iain Marks	10	Gelding	-	55	55.00
	Top Choice	Shaun & Emma Clotworthy	10	Gelding	-	55	55.00
	Caballo Noir	Shaun & Emma Clotworthy	8	Gelding	-	52	55.00
	Old Countess	Peter & Jessica Brosnan	10	Mare	-	45	55.00
	Villa Nine	Peter & Jessica Brosnan	5	Gelding	-	45	55.00

Edited June 16, 2020 by curious

[Freda]

Yeah, that has been my concern too.

I have long supported the open entry system - before Covid-19 that is -  but our handicapping was the big worry for me.

Seems to be valid looking at all this.

If there was ever an obvious case to review the system, here it is.