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wi'v^fKRix races air noc ‘tandrawT by the National Steeplechase Association, therefore, prior to Central Entry, there was no way to keep track of which hones have woo races, how many and of what type. The problem w ith that is. when horses change hands, or if many years pans between a horse's races, owners and trainers forget the prior record.
A famous example of this happened just six years back, before Central Entry began keeping tight tabs on race results. A horse won a maiden pwtt-to-point race over timber before Jt was discovered that the horse had actually broken his maiden several years before. Because the horse he had been sold since then, and no real record existed of the previous win (except a dusty julep cup on the old owners’ bureau, no doubt), the horse was allowed to race in, and win. a second maiden race.
All that has changed now. Central Entry not only has the past five years’ worth of pointto-point results saved (NSA races are documented in their
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