jimbo66 wrote:

> Ctc,
>
> You are absolutely right, this is a tough game!! That is for
> sure.
>
> As I read this week's ROTW, I would disagree with you that
> Weigelia is one of the ones that Jerry settled on. He makes a
> long case about the horse, but then says 5-2/3-1 is about right
> for the horse.

If you followed the ROTW
> comments, I think that Built Up, as the fastest horse, at 4-1,
> was "the bet". Unfortunately, he was up the track.
>

I went back and read what Jerry said. He discusses the pros and cons of his contenders, its a prudent thing to do. I agree he liked Built Up, who appeared to be cycling back to his best efforts. Which incidentally were on the track. However, Jerry was all over the potential of Weiglia and at this stage of his career (3 yrs) and the horse had been improving. He stressed the off strip last. Bottom line is Jerry hinted strongly but gave no firm and fast opinion. He doesn't in these ROTW's. He discusses what he sees in their patterns to instruct on the use of the T-Fig tool. Additionally, ANYONE can pick an odds on favorite. You don't need T-Figs for that. However there are times when a T-Fig favorite is the play because he lays over the others on the T-Fig. Which is not saying it was this weeks ROTW.

Anyway, maybe a public discussion of the next interesting ROTW is the way to go.