Weekend Beyers

[the_fat_man]

Originally Posted by blackthroatedwind

However, this was FAR from a " slow " race....so, sorry, I hate to end today's hot streak for you, but this was not a " no trips in slow races " situation. In fact, not even close.

You're a good enough handicapper/race watcher to understand that pace is one factor that can influence the way a race is run. Other ways are: a horse whose run would alter the dynamics of the race getting a trouble trip; a horse or horses making premature moves; whether or not the winner is 'escorted' to the wire; and, probably most importantly, the 'type' of race it is.

You obviously know all this because, quite often, in between giving us the full trouble line data, you also make some noteworthy comments about the dynamics of a given race and how that affects the evalution of a given horse.

In fact, you appear to be doing this quite often and I suspect that sooner (and not later) RACE TYPES will play a central role in your handicapping.

On a related noted, and to see how COMPETENT stewards operate, check out the replay of WO 6/23/10 R4. I had an exacta box 1-7 and it appeared to be good UNTIL the 4 came out and caused the 2 to cut off the 7. In NY they take the 4 down.