Grade 1, $750,000 Whitney Handicap 8-5-6

Originally Posted by Pointg5

I wouldn't say ZERO correlation, it's not perfect, and there are horses that are "morning glories", but they do give an indication of how a horse is doing. Some stated that Barbaro had one of the best pre-Derby workouts they had ever seen, suggesting he was ready to go. Oracle knows a clocker and he has given out some good info about how a horse has worked and that has translated into on track performance...

All true ...

... but how many times have we seen horses come into a race off four straight bullet works ... then do absolutely nothing.

And what about trainers like McGaughey and Zito ... who always give their horses slow works? They usually win a few races off those works.

My point is not to get too excited by workouts ... sometimes they mean something ... and sometimes they don't. Someone like Oracle ... who's wired straight in ... can get much better info than the rest of us ... who only see numbers on a page.