Right... it's sortof like handicapping in golf, which is unfair also, but encourages entry into competition because more people can win...
Life's not fair I guess. ;~D I can't think of a more fraud-proof way to seperate them in a sport where the horse's record doesn't come into the arena with his history attached to him.
I just have trouble seeing the whole picture:)
I think it's a very fair way, but maybe that's becasue I'm a beginner:), and this gives me more a chance of winning a payback. But you know, Kristy fell in a "crack" Thurs at a race she went too, and we were just glad she was at least in a crack...
Becky