Re: Saratoga Morning Line (989 Views)
Posted by:
SoCalMan2 (IP Logged)
Date: August 20, 2016 12:24AM
Fairmount1 Wrote:
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> Hope it is permissible to retract my previous post
> believing that Travis Stone would improve his m/l
> skills. I even exchanged messages with him about
> his m/l making and he explained how solid he was
> doing with the job. Let me quote actually so as
> not to mis-state his high opinion: Honestly, I've
> been more than pleased with my lines so far.
>
First, why would this guy have any credibility? His lines speak volumes already. We know enough already to know that anything he says on the topic cannot be trusted. The big problem is that his employer is an even bigger idiot than he is and doesn't understand this.
However, I would not focus on races filled with first time starters. Those races should be hard for any linemaker and you would expect a field of first time starters to vary quite a bit from the line. You may well be right that he botched the line in the race you are talking about, but that race should be more difficult than a simple race with obvious horses with well established form.
The real problem is that he is missing the chip shots and he is not just missing them, he is not even remotely in the ballpark.....he is not even in the furthest auxiliary parking lot from the ballpark.
The only good news is that he revealed how bad he was very fast, so that astute players rapidly understood not to trust him and to adjust. Unfortunately, to get newcomers and novices into our sport, we are supposed to make it less bewildering not more bewildering. This is a problem for people who want this support to be sustainable -- it does not appear that the NYRA even considers that question.