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Originally Posted by DaHoss9698
Rupert in your opinion, how many of the other big name trainers are doing things similar to what Lukas did in those times? Surely he isn't the only trainer to have many horses break down on him.
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In terms of percentages, his number of breakdowns is astronomically higher than any of the other guys. That's why so many insurance companies won't insure his horses. No other trainers have that problem.
In addition, he has more horses that ease than anybody else. They keep stats on that type of thing and he had something like 4x more horses ease than the average trainer. That is incredible. How often do you see a Bobby Frankel, Todd Pletcher, Bill Mott, or any other trainer's horses run dead last by 30 or not even finish the race? It is incredibly rare. The only way a horse will run dead last by 40 lengths is if the horse was either so sore that he shouldn't be running or he was so hopelessly overmatched that it is was ridiculous. A competent trainer will rarely have a horse ease. It happens with Lukas horses all the time.