comedic relief

[Merlinsky]

The thing is, what that guy does is basically "analyze" stuff we all notice like horses hanging when they look like they're about to go to the lead or how mares like Zenyatta or Blind Luck seem to know where the finish line is. It's not like he's needed to detect that stuff, and unless it's going to impact how you train a horse or whether you buy them, I don't know why you'd hire him. If he could pinpoint a problem and you now know to fix it, that'd be one thing. The opinion itself isn't particularly helpful and it's got a touch of 'dog psychologist' about it when he interprets Eblouissante's thought processes.

There's a video on Youtube where he's talking to Baffert about this herd analysis. Bob's expression is pretty priceless.