Re: TGJB-Barbaro in deep stretch (608 Views)
Posted by:
Bally Ache (IP Logged)
Date: April 05, 2006 02:54PM
Bobphilo
I have always felt that track biases were overdone. I'd be interested in your opinion of split variants. Except under very unusual cirumstances, I can't see any justification for it.
I once e-mailed Steven Crist about this. He said it was due to possible wind conditions and uneven track maintenence. I don't accept this explanation (except possibly under EXTREME wind conditons).
I think the real reason is,as time goes on, a $10,000 animal, e.g., is something inferior to what it used to be (because dollars get closer to confetti all the time). And the further horses run, the more apparent this becomes.
What do you think?