Butch Lehr on bias controversy -- Horseplayer Daily

[SCUDSBROTHER]

Originally Posted by Cannon Shell

I still don't understand what the big deal is about the whole controversy? Do any of you people have any connection to a horse that was supposedly screwed? If you lost money betting then it was your fault for not figuring out how to bet this supposedly huge bias. Bias, percieved or not happen every day in this sport because of a number of conditions beyond the control of anyone. I mean if the wind is blowing out at Wrigley do they cancel the game because its unfair to the pitchers? Who really gives a damn about who won the Breeders Cup races. They are over, great for the winners, too bad for the losers, move on.

I agree about the gambling(as far as an inside bias goes.)The problem is that they pimp this thing all year,and then they don't really give a sht about giving the connections of these horses a fair race track.I don't understand why people don't give a sht that the 5 previous grade 1 winners in the sprint
aren't on the board.You simply can't say the track is fair when that many consistent horses don't fire.There are 4 very consistent horses in there that are almost always on the board in graded sprints.That race is like "the "control" in a science experiment. The control results aren't within the acceptable range.I know that track was total crap.This attitude of "who cares who wins the races on the biggest day of the year" is very odd to me.These people may only have 1 chance in their life to race a horse in the B.C...Not only that,but these jocks count on this one day of the year,and you're telling me that you could really give a sht about if the track is anywhere near fair? I don't get that.

[Cannon Shell]

Originally Posted by SCUDSBROTHER

I agree about the gambling(as far as an inside bias goes.)The problem is that they pimp this thing all year,and then they don't really give a sht about giving the connections of these horses a fair race track.I don't understand why people don't give a sht that the 5 previous grade 1 winners in the sprint
aren't on the board.You simply can't say the track is fair when that many consistent horses don't fire.There are 4 very consistent horses in there that are almost always on the board in graded sprints.That race is like "the "control" in a science experiment. The control results aren't within the acceptable range.I know that track was total crap.This attitude of "who cares who wins the races on the biggest day of the year" is very odd to me.These people may only have 1 chance in their life to race a horse in the B.C...Not only that,but these jocks count on this one day of the year,and you're telling me that you could really give a sht about if the track is anywhere near fair? I don't get that.

What about the connections of the horses who won? Aren't they happy? There will only be 8 winners and a lot of losers regardless of track condition. I'm sure that there was a horse in the Sprint who may/may not have been effected by the supposed bias that would have meant a lot of money to me but that is the way it goes. The jocks count on BC day ??? Dude the Jocks that ride BC day are doing quite ok and NO I dont care about them.
They all ran over the same surface and if there is a bias then so be it...what difference does it really make? The most important lesson that you learn when handicapping is to identify horses that ran against a strong bias and play them next out with inflated odds. If you truly believe that the track was biased, do that. As for the Eclipse Awards and all that other ****, forget it, move on. They are so unimportant in the grand sceme of life or horseracing.