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Old 09-26-2006, 04:19 PM
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Originally Posted by blackthroatedwind
What might be more interesting would be to see how the horses that prepped at Belmont performed in relation to their odds versus how the ones that prepped at Santa Anita did vis a vis their odds. I guess, to be fair, one would have to eliminate the BCs that were in California and NY as those provide a somewhat unfair homecourt advantage at least in this situation. These would probably be the only two regions that would provide a large enough sample size to get a reasonably true picture.

I bet both jurisdictions performed similarly in terms of odds and probably overall the NY preppers performed better if only because they host more prestigious races and rated to draw better horses.

I just find it funny that SA would choose to advertise their supposed success when the actual numbers they gave don't exactly work in their favor.
I love it when tracks have to chest thump and when they use the percentage game it usually means they are over compensating. Just think in a hypothetical situation. If Suffolk Downs had two horses prep for the BC in the MassCap (defunct, I know) and both of the horses finished in the money on BC Day than they would have a 100% ITM Unparralled by any track World Wide. LOL LOL
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