Re: Travers Opinion (464 Views)
Posted by:
TGJB (IP Logged)
Date: August 26, 2023 10:18AM
One comment, since it’s come up a couple of times, and it’s not specific to the Travers— when you’re looking at a horse off a big effort (or two), extra rest is a good thing.
One way to look at is to imagine the horse off an 0-2 had run back 4 weeks later and run an X, and now has had time since then.
As in all these cases, you have to evaluate what you think the top meant to the horse in question, and that involves a lot of things— pattern (how much has he developed? How has he reacted off previous tops?), pedigree, trainer, etc.