From the World of Visually Impressive

[the_fat_man]

Typically, off tracks, cheap tracks, and tracks with pronounced biases (AQU inner, for example) produce what I call WIPEOUT races. These are races where all but a single horse (the winner) is REGRESSING the last call (in the more pronounced WIPEOUTS, they're regressing progressively). 5 of the 9 races run that day were 'true' WIPEOUTS, and a couple others almost made it as well.

Instead of focusing on what the winner did, maybe a better way to approach this is to consider that everything else in the race would've been BURIED by CLERPACK, the winner of the $25k claiming 7th race, which was run in nominally slower fractions that the 9th. In fact, the 2nd, 3rd, and 4th place finishers in the 7th would've beaten the (rest of the) field as well. Something is definitely wrong here. I'd SELL QUICK, if I were the owner.

[blackthroatedwind]

Originally Posted by the_fat_man

Typically, off tracks, cheap tracks, and tracks with pronounced biases (AQU inner, for example) produce what I call WIPEOUT races. These are races where all but a single horse (the winner) is REGRESSING the last call (in the more pronounced WIPEOUTS, they're regressing progressively). 5 of the 9 races run that day were 'true' WIPEOUTS, and a couple others almost made it as well.

Instead of focusing on what the winner did, maybe a better way to approach this is to consider that everything else in the race would've been BURIED by CLERPACK, the winner of the $25k claiming 7th race, which was run in nominally slower fractions that the 9th. In fact, the 2nd, 3rd, and 4th place finishers in the 7th would've beaten the (rest of the) field as well. Something is definitely wrong here. I'd SELL QUICK, if I were the owner.

Great post.

[justindew]

I don't think Hey Byrn is nominated to the Triple Crown. Admittedly, I am not up on the rules for Derby entry, but can this horse get in the Derby field if 20 NOMINATED horses are entered?

I think the answer might be no.

[Danzig]

they have late nominations, which cost 6k, rather than 600. if you miss that boat, you can supplement, but it'll cost you megabucks.