How are races scheduled and filled?
When racetracks take entries for their races they basically have about fifteen races they try to fill for the day. Some of those races are called “extras”, and they will be used if they fill and one of the pre-scheduled races does not fill (the pre-scheduled races appear in the printed condition book, the extras are published shortly before entries are taken, perhaps a few days before via the published entries of a previous day). If a race fills (maximum number of entries is usually twelve) the additional horses in the race will be designated “also eligible”, and will only be included in the race if there are scratches up to scratch time, which is usually sometime the day before the race. Stakes races are a little different, an owner / trainer needs to nominate a horse prior to when entries are taken. The nomination usually costs money.
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