Anybody See the 6th at Laurel Today?

[freddymo]

Originally Posted by Rupert Pupkin

I think speed figures are one small piece of the puzzle, no more, no less. What percentage of races are won by the horse who has run the highest speed figure? I bet it's a relatively small percent. It's probably around 30% or less.

Don't get me wrong. Even though I think speed figures are only one piece of the puzzle, I still believe that if a person had access to accurate speed figures and this person was one of the only people using speed figures, this person would have a big edge. But in this day and age, everyone has access to speed figures. Horses with the highest speed figures are usually over-bet. In a game with 16% vig, I think it's pretty tough to get an edge focusing on the same info as everyone else.

How about trying this one:
You guys are right the horse either sucks because he is hurt or sucks because he is slow eitherway the people that bought him have a sack of crap. It goes to show you how tough the biz can be. The horse looked great brought great money for his type and became a frog for one reason or another..

[Rupert Pupkin]

Originally Posted by freddymo

How about trying this one:
You guys are right the horse either sucks because he is hurt or sucks because he is slow eitherway the people that bought him have a sack of crap. It goes to show you how tough the biz can be. The horse looked great brought great money for his type and became a frog for one reason or another..

I agree with you that the horse sucks right now. I also agree with you about how tough the business can be. Horses are so fragile. Even if you have a great horse, all it takes is one mis-step for a $1 million horse to become worthless overnight.