Mike Helm, I believe, advises to look up breeding on maidens dropping in class. He believes that it's like a new start since it's against weaker competition. It makes sense to me, so I do it.
I use Bris Sire Stats. When I see a MDN Special Wgt drop down I look up the sire and dam sire's ratings for First Time Starters. I also look up their FTS rating if they have only one start and put the result in (--), unless the only race was "troubled", then I don't put it in parenthesis.
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