9/11-12 (BEL): Bowling Green H. (G2); Ashley T. Cole S.

[hockey2315]

You're the one going on about McLaughlin stretching out a sprinter on turf when the horse in question is trained by Bill Mott and wasn't stretching out.

It wasn't that hard to figure out who had enough speed to be on or near the lead and who was an easy play against because they had no speed. . .

[the_fat_man]

Originally Posted by hockey2315

It wasn't that hard to figure out who had enough speed to be on or near the lead and who was an easy play against because they had no speed. . .

That wasn't enough to get you the winner in most cases. Plenty of races with any number of horses that could go to the front. And, plenty of races where horses were allowed to loaf on the front end while jocks were taking back.

And, there was also the odd race where all the speed went and the race collapsed; against the bias.

Wasn't easy at all, IMO.

[ateamstupid]

Originally Posted by hockey2315

It wasn't that hard to figure out who had enough speed to be on or near the lead and who was an easy play against because they had no speed. . .

This really isn't true. Yeah, it was easy to toss closers, but there were several races that appeared to be loaded with speed, then one horse, at random, would be crawling sideways on the lead. I appreciate biases as much as anybody, but this one wasn't helpful at all, it was detrimental.

[hockey2315]

Luckily you don't have to play 1x1x1 in exotics.