Dave "Bombs Away" Liftin

[Calzone Lord]

Originally Posted by Kasept

I don't know.. Does anyone have to be made aware that one of 2-3 MTO's, and typically 2-1 or 5-2 on the line, is the choice if the race comes off?

If the MTO is the best betting option - why not?

I remember doing research - and over an 8 year stretch at Saratoga (all the charts I had to work with at the time) the post time favorite in races taken off of the turf had an ungodly high win percentage and a profitable ROI.

If I had to speculate on Litfin's motives for doing that - I'm sure it's because he wants the winner credited to him.

If it's a 9 race card with 4 turf races - and he's 0-for-5 in the dirt races - he's stairing an 0-for-9 duck in the face with 4 turf horses who are probably poorly meant for the dirt.