3/29 (GP): 57th Florida Derby (Gr. I)

[ArlJim78]

Originally Posted by the_fat_man

Give me data that's MEANINGFUL, Jim.

Give me information on horses with LEGITIMATE SHOTS that broke from the outside. How many could there have possibly been in the past 20 years, let alone since they REDID the track?

okay tell me if this has more meaning for you. I cannot answer your questions about which horse broke from the 12 post in the past that had a realistic chance. What I can do is give you some data from my database which covers 82 nine furlong races run in the country this year. by comparing the Gulfstream results to all other tracks I think you'll agree that the post position bias is obvious. you are correct that there is not much data for post 12. there are only four starters in my sample from post 12 and no winners anywhere. but you can see by the trend that is established from the inner posts that do have a larger sample size.

below I am giving the impact values for each rail position at nine furlongs for Gulfstream alone, and then for all tracks other than Gulfstream. for anyone that doesn't know, impact values give you an idea of whether a particular position is under or over represented with regard to whole. A figure over 1 means more winners come from that post than the average, under 1 means fewer winners than the average are winning.

impact values by post position
pos 1, Gulf 2.49, other .71
pos 2, Gulf 1.94, other 1.13
pos 3, Gulf 1.38, other .71
pos 4, Gulf .55, other 1.13
pos 5, Gulf .55, other 1.44
pos 6, Gulf .31, other .98
pos 7, Gulf .86, other 1.25
pos 8, Gulf 0.0, other .30
pos 9, Gulf 0.0, other .88
pos 10, Gulf 0.0, other 1.67
pos 11, Gulf 0.0, other 1.07
pos 12, Gulf 0.0, other 0.0

It plain as day how the inner posts at Gulstream have a much larger share of the winners compared to the distribution at other tracks.

A more knowledgeable person than I has suggested that they will likely scratch, and target another race. I know I would especially since he needs the earnings to make the big race.