The Value of leading at the 1st call on dirt

[Betsy]

Originally Posted by The Indomitable DrugS

Those are the kind of horses that help make betting profitable. The kind that people on message boards don't like because they fold up in unfavorable situations...and aren't as effective when they don't get it their own way.

And when they do get it their own way and run huge - they often become overrated until their next clunker or series of clunkers.

Hopefully ordinary racetrack goers don't read the message boards so they continue to bet these horses, lol.

On the other hand, people also get impressed with horses that close a ton of ground..........even if those races were handed to them on a silver platter (the winner of that 2 year old 7 furlong race today, for example).

[The Indomitable DrugS]

Originally Posted by Betsy

On the other hand, people also get impressed with horses that close a ton of ground..........even if those races were handed to them on a silver platter (the winner of that 2 year old 7 furlong race today, for example).

Yes - horses like Ice Box and Make Music For Me get rewarded for making up insane amounts of ground in a pace collapse ... both of them performed miserably in a much slower paced race like the Belmont.

[cmorioles]

Originally Posted by Betsy

Hopefully ordinary racetrack goers don't read the message boards so they continue to bet these horses, lol.

On the other hand, people also get impressed with horses that close a ton of ground..........even if those races were handed to them on a silver platter (the winner of that 2 year old 7 furlong race today, for example).

Or like Zenyatta in the BC Classic...oh wait, she didn't win.