7/11 (BEL): Man o' War (G1); Guaranteed $350k P4

[the_fat_man]

Originally Posted by Travis Stone

He said something about a Trackus Field Trip sponsored by The Fat Man. I cannot find a story to confirm these reports.

Yeah

The Fat Man is well entrenched with his buddy Trakus over at WO. I get all the 5F, 5.5F, 6F, 6.5F, 7F... 10F, etc. races I can handle over there. Now, there's someone who understands that racing is MORE interesting when races are carded over different distances (even slightly different ones). Campo would be well served to follow him.

All that accurate data is icing.

[Travis Stone]

Originally Posted by the_fat_man

Yeah

The Fat Man is well entrenched with his buddy Trakus over at WO. I get all the 5F, 6F, 6.5F, 7F... 10F, etc. races I can handle over there. Now, there's someone who understands that racing is MORE interesting when races are carded over different distances (even slightly different ones).

Not to mention all that accurate data.

We looked into at LAD, it's very costly... hard to justify at this point in time.

One could argue making it a "league" purchase like replay systems in the NFL or other various technologies if horse racing were healthy.

[the_fat_man]

You gotta give me a couple of minutes to edit my posts. FatMan Productions is a ONE man operation.

[the_fat_man]

Originally Posted by Travis Stone

We looked into at LAD, it's very costly... hard to justify at this point in time.

One could argue making it a "league" purchase like replay systems in the NFL or other various technologies if horse racing were healthy.

You know why it's hard to justify? Because all the know it all horseplayers are focusing their efforts on all the other peripheral ****. It's all about lowering takeout, cleaning up the drugs, the ADW issues, etc.

There's only ONE issue for the horseplayer: accurate data. If you get accurate data and still can't win, you shouldn't be in the game. Unfortunately, and probably, all those begging for all the other changes probably realize this and, as a group, horseplayers will never make it their number one priority. Which means that tracks won't either. I mean, let's face it, what would tracks rather do, pay for Trakus or lower takeout?

[hockey2315]

10-1 on Quijano is likely

I'm totally against him, but I don't really see how he's not bet as one of the favorites.

The other Euro is a much more likely winner.

[Gander]

Tough race to predict odds on, here goes mine:

1 Musketier 25/1
2 Grand Couturier 6/1
3 Quijano 8/1
4 Marsh Side 8/1
5 Interpatation 40/1
6 Chinchon 12/1
7 Midships 7/2
8 Dancing Forever 4/1
9 Gio Ponti 9/5

[NTamm1215]

Originally Posted by hockey2315

10-1 on Quijano is likely

I'm totally against him, but I don't really see how he's not bet as one of the favorites.

The other Euro is a much more likely winner.

That horse doesn't exactly have a nose for the wire.

NT

[hockey2315]

Originally Posted by NTamm1215

That horse doesn't exactly have a nose for the wire.

NT

You're right. But his last two were pretty nice against some very good horses.

[Gander]

This is top to bottom a true Grade 1. You can make a case for just about anybody, and the horse most likely to be the chalk (Gio Ponti) may not want this distance. I dont like him or Midships in this spot, that I know. The Euros are always a guess and never win for me, which leads me to: Grand Couturier, Marsh SIde and Dancing Forever.

Who do you think of these 3 has the best shot?

[CSC]

Originally Posted by hockey2315

You're right. But his last two were pretty nice against some very good horses.

My opinion regarding Quijano from personal exp and without looking at the pp's mind you is he is the type of horse you bet and more than likely he will find a way to dissapoint now granted he has run in some very tough spots. But there is just enough of an uneasy feeling in me to not totally dismiss him, ie. his race in Hong Kong a few yrs ago. If he's long in odds I may be coerced into punching his button again .