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Originally Posted by blackthroatedwind
Well, maybe after winning with a seemingly higher than expected number of horses for so long it's not shocking that things have evened out some lately. However, after such good results for so long it's surprising to see so many horses underperforming.
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This Pletcher 'snide' has racked my brain since toga opened. I was at first chalking it up to the law of averages, and even the best of the best in every sport go through slumps. The high-profile runners have been well documented, most notibly R2R. It wasn't until the "Belle of Belmont" shocking defeat that I stood back and felt a tinny bit of pity for the rigid grey goose. The fact is that the entire barn is on tilt. The everyday maiden and alwn1x runners are not even coming close to running the type of races we have come to expect.
However, every weekend when I go to the OTB, I warn myself that this is the saturday that the T.A.P. reopens. I run to the windows to get the 5-1 that would of been 5-2 two months ago, feeling like the genius that thinks he is the first to notice a track bias.
I will say that that I made a hit with wait a while going on the angle that she did all her prepping at churchill away from all the bad karma.
I think he ran alot of good first timers at monmouth rather than waiting for toga. Alot of the dogwood horses and The Roundhouse I know won there. The snide will eventually end!
Good thread, BTW..