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Originally Posted by ArlJim78
of course it isn't, the guy stays up all night to figure out this stuff. i said before, its ALWAYS either bad rides by dumb jockeys, cheating trainers, or a conspiracy by those in the know.
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I hate rehashing races, especially ones that were on well past my bedtime that I had no financial interest in, but the bottom line is the horse shouldn't have been 5-1. You had two horses coming out of a hopelessly bad Snow Chief, a horse 2nd off a year and a half layoff that was sent up to Bay Meadows by O'Neill for his return (now THAT'S a vote of confidence
), a confirmed 1-17 mediocrity in Dr. Zaentz, and three coming out of two very competitive allowance races. Of the three, while it's convienent to say "hey, this one finished third of the three both times", why wouldn't you at least note that he had picked up two lengths vis a vis the previous race, raced widest of the three in the previous races, and worked a bullet in the interim? Not to mention, with only 4 starts had arguably the highest upside of the three? Wouldn't that be the RIGHT horse to bet at 5-1 when the other two were 2-1 and 3-1??
But it's easier to say he cheated I guess.