To me the word "bounce" means that a horse just did not run his race on that day. I think most handicappers (including me) are guilty of assuming a horse is going to race they same way each and everytime without looking at the variables. It would be like saying that LeBron James should be scoring 27 pts per game (his avg). Some games he will score 50 and some he will score 15. Sometimes he has a bad game and it is hard to predict when he will have that bad game. In racing, it is hard to predict when a horse is going to race at his bottom to balance out his top. But it sure does make it fun.