Re: Hey Jerry (590 Views)
Posted by:
Chuckles_the_Clown2 (IP Logged)
Date: April 15, 2007 02:09PM
Jerry,
I'm sure you haven't had time to look at the Bluegrass closely yet, but there were other routes on that card without the ultra pedestrian early fractions. Do you really think the last two races can be explained upon every horse being throttled until the stretch?
Do you think the homestretch was quicker than other parts of the track? Heck, from my perspective the entire track is different from one section to the next. I've not been a big Poly follower but this card's outcomes were patently ridiculous.
What was the name of that horse that won the Poly Lane's End last year? He was offered for immediate syndication, ran like poop in his next start and died shortly thereafter. You may be able to predict similarly for the Bluegrass winner.
Wide was not an impediment on that surface. It's going to be an interesting Figure, but I'm with Miff, throw the race out and handicap the Derby upon the basis that the Bluegrass was never run. If you want to back those from the Bluegrass besides Street Sense you'll get good odds. You will probably need them.
I'm doubly sick of Poly now.
TGJB Wrote:
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> Michael-- I'm sure I'm going to have to adjust the
> BG for pace. And probably many other poly races--
> they aren't just like grass races, they are like
> European grass races.
>
> The industry leaped before they looked...