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Originally Posted by King Glorious
I've never understood why horses are downgraded for being good enough and tractable enough to get good trips every race. I'd think that's a plus and not the negative that so many people seem to think it is. People always want to look for the horses that have bad trips and then salivate at the chance to bet them the next time, with the thinking that a good trip will earn them a win. Giant Oak in this year's Louisiana Derby is a prime example of that. What seems to happen more often though is the horses that lack the early speed and quickness to get themselves in good positions just end up with yet another bad trip while the horses with good tactical speed are able to be put in good position time after time and allowed to show their best stuff.......and handicappers downgrade their efforts because it was accomplished with an easy trip. If it happens one time, I can see you wanting to see it again. When it happens two and three and four times, it's not luck.
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In general terms I agree with you, if a horse has multiple gears to stay out of trouble, it is a strength. Good horses get good trips....Conversely if a horse is continuing to find trouble in races, there has to be a reason for it. Dollar Bill comes to mind, there are still people out there that still think this horse had a massive amount of talent? He just fooled them with his supposed bad luck.