Gotta love Saratoga/NYRA - Condition Book

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Originally Posted by gales0678

woolley was 0 for how many before the derby? Borel was what 30% or something ridiculously high at CD on 2 turn stakes races and it went higher if it was a muddy track - data can go both ways

didn't bill mott have a big year a couple of years ago with 2 yr olds ....a guy that had couldn't get 2 yr olds to win? if you looked at the data on mott for 2 yr olds you didn't play him that yr and lost out on many winners some at generous prices

Ed K will have a positive ROI with his 2 yr olds at saratoga this year , you won't read it in the booklet that they hand out , they will tell you to bet all the outfits that did well last year or 2 years ago .....it comes down to who has the horses steve you know that..

Comparing one race a year (the Derby) with a five year pattern is moot. Any one trainer can win any one race, as long as he's in it.
Yes, aberrations can and do happen (Mott winning a bunch of baby races, Pletcher losing a bunch of baby races) but the entire idea of what we do is to use statistics about the past to project what will happen in the future. There was a time when Zito firsters were poison but theings have changed, as they will. Yes, a few little known guys will win at Saratoga and a few bombs will come in, but year after year (over about a 5 year period) the laws of averages work.
The money is to be made in the "shift periods." I admit I was slow to acknowledge that Mott was winning baby races 2 yrs ago. I kept thinking "this is an aberration, the next one won't win" and I was wrong. I should have seen the shift (even if it wasfor a short time) and bet while the prices were still good. Instead my money went to boosting Mott's prices.
When Zito started winning with babies a few seasons ago I did hop onto it. Birdstone and El Prado Rob were (I think) both winners that year and I had both.
Of course it's who has the horses, but pattern prevails. All the Speighstown/Carson City type early seaon breeding won't get you anyplace if you don't know how to use it. Let's face it, generally the better horses from sales etc end up with Todd, Kieran, Steve Asmussen and a few others. They get the best horses for early success and they win alot. Over the course of years, the lower priced sons and daughters of those elite 2yo sires that end up in second tier barns simply don't win as much as the higher end ones that go to top level barns.
As far as Kenneally is concerned, sure he might have a big season, but so might any one. Jeff Odintz or Joe Parker might win a bunch, but their stats don't point in that direction.