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WHAT DO YOU DO WITH MAIDEN WINNERS IN THEIR NEXT STARTS?
by
Joe
Takach
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This question used to drive me crazy as a younger player back in the 70’s and it took me until the early 90’s before I finally got a secure grip on this often perplexing situation that we all face on a daily basis.
Here are the maiden levels at Santa Anita for their long 83 day 2001 winter/spring meet along with purse levels. If you play other circuits in addition to the major Southern California loop, I strongly suggest that you construct this exact table for any and all additional tracks----it is worth it’s weight in platinum (gold ain’t worth nothin’ any more).
CLASSIFICATION DISTANCE PURSE
Maiden Special Weight short 46K
long 48K
Maiden Claiming 80K----75K short 34K
long 35K
“ “ 62.5K--55K short 30K
long 31K
“ “ 50K----45K short 26K
long 27K
“ “ 40K----35K short 22K
long 23K
“ “ 32K----28K short 20K
long 21K
“ “ 25K--22.5K short 18K
long 19K
If you want to approximately determine where a last out maiden winner might properly “fit” against other winners (since they now can no longer run against maidens), winning purses are usually the best way to “guess”.
As we all know, absolutely nothing is “carved in stone” when handicapping any race let alone prior maidens stepping up into “open company” off their maiden victories. But since we need a place to start, the only logical place and common denominator is money!
Let’s compare Santa Anita’s “open” claiming levels and purses to the Maiden table and see exactly what we come up with, if anything. Below is a table depicting “open” claiming tags and purses as well as entries for Allowance other-than-1s to other-than-3’s.
I’ll create a corresponding table (winning maiden levels vs. suggested next level in open company based on purses) for next week in Part 2. If you have the time to make your own “crossover chart”, we’ll compare notes and list exceptions to the rules.
OPEN CLAIMING LEVEL DISTANCE PURSE
10K short 15K
10K long 16K
10.5K--12.5K short 18K
10.5K--12.5K long 19K
14K-----16K short 21K
14K-----16K long 22K
18K-----20K short 25K
18K-----20K long 27K
Starter Allowance/nw/2/lifetime short 27K
“ “ “ “ “ long 29K
22.5K---25K short 30K
22.5K---25K long 32K
28K-----32K short 37K
28K-----32K long 39K
35K-----40K short 41K
35K-----40K long 44K
45K-----50K short 45K
45K-----50K long 48K
Starter Allow/started for claiming short 48K
tag of 40K or less long 49K
55K----62.5K short 49K
55K----62.5K long 53K
75K-----80K short 56K
75K-----80K long 60K
90K----100K short 60K
90K----100K long 63K
100K----125K short 64K
100K----125K long 67K
Allowance/other-than-1 short 52K
“ “ “ 1 long 56K
Allowance/other-than-2 short 56K
“ “ “ 2 long 60K
Allowance/other-than-3 short 60K
“ “ “ 3 long 64K
NEXT WEEK---PART 2
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