DelMar fake dirt

[JJP]

It won't happen in their first meet. Same with Arlington. But eventually, when 98% of the local horse population has run over it, I wouldn't be surprised. And field size will have something to do with that as well.

Didn't Saratoga have a recent year with over 40 % winning favorites? A number of years ago, Arlington was close, and that is a long meet.

[hockey2315]

I would be incapable of living in a world where faves win 40-45% of the time. . .

[The Indomitable DrugS]

Originally Posted by JJP

Didn't Saratoga have a recent year with over 40 % winning favorites?

Yes, at least once. I know favorites posted incredible numbers in one of the years Pletcher had an amazing meet. I believe Dave Litfin called it "the graveyard of value" that season.

Saratoga is a meet where favorites have won at a high percentage throughout the last decade really.

[docicu3]

Wasn't the first Keeneland meet after poly known for the early speed essentially being a liabilty with closers at long unfathomable odds paying like Xmas for those with imagination for seemingly random outcomes. Del Mar may be Xmas in July for the 40+ days this summer.....

[2Hot4TV]

Originally Posted by docicu3

Wasn't the first Keeneland meet after poly known for the early speed essentially being a liabilty with closers at long unfathomable odds paying like Xmas for those with imagination for seemingly random outcomes. Del Mar may be Xmas in July for the 40+ days this summer.....

The races were run like alot of turf race where all the riders waited and made that charge to the wire when they turned for home. Del Mar will be a watch and see what the riders try to do before you can handicap a race.

[JJP]

So far, we haven't seen the riding lunacity at the other synthetic meets; TP, WO and AP haven't had that.

Maybe it was a bunch of NY riders who were at Kee. Virtually every turf route in NY is run will a crawlfest pace with every rider leaning back in the irons to restrain.

[Swap Fliparoo]

I wish they'd installed cusion track... i'm not really looking forward to blindingly white surface this weekend. I swear it looked like cotton balls in the picture i saw...

[10 pnt move up]

Originally Posted by The Indomitable DrugS

Yes, at least once. I know favorites posted incredible numbers in one of the years Pletcher had an amazing meet. I believe Dave Litfin called it "the graveyard of value" that season.

Saratoga is a meet where favorites have won at a high percentage throughout the last decade really.

I think if you take out the turf races that number would be even higher.