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Originally Posted by Scav
Hellmers is obviously very talented with his previous record, but I do feel that he will turn people off because he is just downright weird.
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It's hard to read much into him.
Is his oddball behavior an act for the camera?
I've never seen a horseplayer win with such dignity. Pittsburgh Phil (quite inaccurately) was portrayed to win like that. But the best racing mind of that time who put stuff to print, Walter Vosbugh, wrote that Pittsburgh Phil would have horrible temper tantrums after races, and he was a fierce complainer when he didn't agree with a weight assignment his horse was handicapped with.
Headband Weirdo's two contest showings for the Breeders' Cup were extremely impressive, but contests are about stabbing at longshots, and the sample size of races are small.
If you're to believe the Rotunda table, that hot Mail-Order Bride selected five straight winners in a row, solely on the basis of name.
A contest is basically a race to the highest score, so you generally have to stab with longshots and bypass logical horses if you want to win them.
My gut feeling is "I'd sure love to book that guys action over the long-term" -- but who knows. It will be interesting to see more episodes.
01-21-2014, 11:32 PM
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