Re: pletcher (651 Views)
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HP (IP Logged)
Date: June 30, 2005 10:40AM
Pletcher is a smooth operator and a good interview. He's not an abrasive guy. This is not even the first time he's been suspended in NEW YORK.
I'm not the greatest handicapper in the world, but I have been looking at sheets for a long time, and sheet readers know what typical horse patterns look like, and what exceptional horses look like, etc. I don't know how else to put this: Pletcher's horses don't do what they're supposed to do. Frankel's horses don't do what they're supposed to do. I know this is ridiculously subjective, but they just don't LOOK right. There are others...
This is why I blew my top over Class' whole "lightly raced" stock thing. Pletcher has been suspended, several times. There's plenty of evidence that he's dirty, over and above my subjective view of the sheets of his horses.
There are lots of trainers that haven't had positives and they might not win as much as Pletcher, but they may be more worthy of "fan" interest.
HP