TGJB

Actually, it gets even more confusing. In the article in the link far below, Glassman claims that it was all his idea to claim MT (I wonder what product Glassman used).

Having looked at MT's Thorograph sheet, I did notice that MT had made a nice step forward in the race just before he was claimed (and he did follow up on it even further in the race he was claimed out of); there was a certain logic to the claim based on that forward indicator. I do not know what MT's Ragozin Sheet looked like but am curious.

I recall there being an old debate about the way sprint and route figures were done at some Southern California tracks. You contended (and I believe were vindicated) that Ragozin was shortchanging one type of race at the expense of the other. I wonder if this issue may have impacted the MT sheet one way or the other? The race which was the key indicator on Thorograph was 1 1/16 at Santa Anita on 10/31 2003 (R4) (ironic date for a trick or treat). It also happened to be MT's first dirt race at Santa Anita.

Also, isn't it strange that Ragozin-customer-Sadler chose to run this guy back on one week's rest after two new tops? (This is especially strange since the horse was coming from run em every week Abrams who himself even seemed to be learning at the end that this horse runs better with a bit of time between efforts).

http://www.thoroughbredtimes.com/todaysnews/newsview.asp?recno=52502&subsec=2