Re: asshandicapper - Number of Derby Preps (509 Views)
Posted by:
bobphilo (IP Logged)
Date: March 15, 2006 07:32PM
Tony,
The question is does having less than 3 preps hurt a horses performance so that it should be considered a negative factor. The reasearch clearly shows no such disadvantage. It also shows that a horse is usually ready to run his best after 2 preps. That means that, yes, he is more likely to Win, Place or fill out your Superfecta. Of course, the horse has to figure in the first place, but if he does, there is no reason that only having 2 preps will hurt his chances.
If you can show me any properly conducted study that shows that it does, I'm all ears.
Bob