Now in its second year, the Polytrack Challenge, sponsored by Martin Collins, will continue during the French all-weather season, but with a couple of rule modifications, France Galop announced on Tuesday.
The two race categories remain unchanged, the sprint/mile division and the intermediate/Classic division will each offer the €40,000 to the winners at the end of the season, with the finals at Cagnes-sur-Mer. The points scale will be as follows for the Prix Irish River (Nov. 3), Prix Luthier (Dec. 4), Prix Lyphard (Nov. 26) and Prix Arcangues (Dec. 19): first (50 points), second (30), third (15), fourth (10) and fifth (5). For the Prix Saonois (Feb. 16) and Grand Prix de la Riviera Cote d'Azur (Jan. 25), the point scale will change to 70 points for first, 40 points for second, 20 for third, 15 for fourth and 10 for fifth. There is also a new rule that will apply to win the bonus: the horse who finished first or second in either division needs to have run in at least two “Challenge” races including the final for the owner to get the bonus. If this condition is not met, the bonus which should have gone to his/her owner will not be awarded to the horse and instead go to the next horses's owner who meets this condition.
For more information on the rule changes, please visit the France Galop website.
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