Hooves witha ll due respect I've been reading sheets for 20 years and there is more to it than that. Dide the sheets show that the eventual winner had hung horrificallly 4 times in a row as the heavy chalk getting perfect trips in all thsoe races?
As well, 2nd time starters show the biggest improvement on teh sheets, which Pletcher was supposed to do.
Did the sheets show you that she was only sprint prepped in her debut with an eye on stretching? Did the sheets show you that her last two works were up here a 1/2 mile form my house and thatthe clockers up here were tapping out on her and that the barn told everyone she couldnt lose?
Give me a break, ok? The guy wrangled teh horse back and didnt cut her loose until the race was over. The winner looked great on teh sheets the last three times she ran, and hung with no excuse in any of em.