Re: Midas Eyes at 7-2!!! (434 Views)
Posted by:
TGJB (IP Logged)
Date: September 05, 2004 01:37PM
A few things--
Yeah, that was interesting stuff coming out the last few days about the drugs. Worth watching.
Other than getting fixed odds, I don't know how to deal with the odds changes, now that batch betting is causing the big jumps. I threw away a $13 horse at Dmr the other day because I kept waiting for it to go down. Played pick 3's, did not hit.
I was involved in Da Hoss. He won an allowance at Colonial as a prep the second time we won the BC-- he did run at Belmont before the first one (second in the Kelso), a decision by Michael I bitterly fought. He then did a Pearl Harbor on me from the winner's cirle at the BC on national television.
Michael is very good at getting horses ready off layoffs, a very good trainer if you are a bettor and understand what he's doing (read the trainer profiles), very tough to deal with if he's training for you. He's a genius-- ask him.
Jim-- obviously, betting true overlays is the way to go. But save the gloating for races where you have a strong opinion, and it differs from others', or the public's-- there is no reason to gloat simply because the one of several short priced horses you think are contenders happens to be the one the public underbets, and it wins. If they had made SH 3-1, would your opinion be wrong?
On the other hand, Derby 1592 gets some points... though I disagree with his larger thesis.
TGJB