Re: Kela's BC Trip (595 Views)
Posted by:
Michael D. (IP Logged)
Date: December 12, 2004 01:20AM
i am a big fan of the breeding part of this game. i just hold the opinion that horses are bred more for speed today than they were years ago. i like the round table's, secretariat's, and northern dancers, horses who ran incredibly fast at the longer distances years ago, despite the lack of drugs and other fancy tools they use today. the point being, when you handicap a 10f or 12f dirt race these days (very few 12f anymore), many of the horses will not be bred for the distance, so sometimes it makes sense to just focus on the figs and patterns, as you did in this year's derby (being stubborn, i still tend to focus on the pedigree angle though).