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Originally Posted by Calzone Lord
There are success stories with some of the people who buy lottery tickets as well.
A lot of people who are given credit as having a shrewd eye for a horse are completely full of crap. Just listen to some of them talk and it's pretty apparent they are basically wanna-be psychics who know almost nothing about horse racing but are skilled enough at fooling the right kind of people.
Walter Vosburgh wrote a funny piece about a guy who was considered one of the most brilliant buyers of his day -- and he was completely ignorant to all the points of a horse and to pedigree.
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Its an interesting process watching someone look over a horse and the auction process in general. One particular pinhooker will have all of the horses in the barn quickly paraded in front of him until he sees something that fits the mold he has found success with. The consignors are familiar with the type of horse that a particular buyer typically buys and will seek that person out when they have a horse that fits.
Being in the area where the "hot horse" at the sale is always were the most entertainment comes from though.