I don't believe in fairies. Obviously, RIM ran a big Whitney. (Big for him) If you rely upon the science, without tweaking it for the odd race that doesn't belong with the day's sample, you get efforts out of whack like that. Sounds like the Prairie Meadows race was the only one at two turns or something of that nature. I know T-Graph uses an educated mix of strict discipline and anamoly reconciliation. Its the only way you can get closer to the truth. The floating grid is a big truth determinate. It takes some time, experience and ability to think outside the box though.

The Jockey insurance thing is a strange issue. Jockey's are considered independant contractors in some respects, employees in others. How else can the track decide that jockeys that take days off over the insurance issue are barred for the remainder of the meet? The track controls the jockey's workplace or they dont control it. If they do control it, its pretty clear to me that 100,000 in insurance coverage is slighting the average jockey. How far will that go if a jockey is rendered a Shoe or a Chris Reeve? I'm not as brave as those two men, if I didn't have the medical resources I'd be even less brave. Sure Bailey can afford it, but there should be greater leverage through a group plan than making the average bread and butter jockey shop insurance himself. Churchill Downs just blackballed these guys. They control the workplace.

CtC



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