Steve Allday Eclipse Award Winning Vet (1213 Views)
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Chuckles_the_Clown2 (IP Logged)
Date: May 10, 2007 10:49PM
fkach Wrote:
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> >CTC-- Right. And if you take a look at the 06 BC
> numbers, still posted on this site, you will see
> that despite having a bad day result wise,
> Pletcher's horses ran very well there too. <
>
> IMO, people tend to underrate the impact that two
> skills have on trainer win percentage.
>
> 1. Knowing their horse's ability and spotting them
> properly
Agree that Pletcher moves his horses to Tracks where they have a chance. King of the Roxy for instance. "He" shipped that one to Santa Anita to try and take advantage of a weak field.
Additionally, its my opinion that Pletcher does not like to race Graded Poly. It brings the horses together and robs them of speed which is an embellished trait in the horses he trains.
I never said he was a complete moron, I said he cheats with drugs. Let me reiterate that...Pletcher Cheats with Drugs.
> 2. Recognizing if a horse is doing very well and
> only running those that are. This leads to a
> higher percentange of the trainer's starters
> actually running their "A" race. (of course many
> trainers don't have this luxury)
Yes, Horses begin doing well when sufficiently oxygenized and ouch medicated. Its easier to get a horse ready to fire an improved effort with the aid of hypodermics. Let me repeat that, innoculations by Steve Allday do help Pletcher's horses feel better and thus allow Pletcher to place them in races where once feeling the medical science they are positioned to run their A race and even a race they can't possibly run.
> In the big races, skill #1 is virtually worthless
> and I suspect some trainers are more vulnerable to
> pressures for the big race - which reduces the
> value of #2.
Lets give credit where credit is due. Pletcher was mediocre before Mr. Allday came along. Tracks move some horses up. What moves Pletcher up is Mr. Allday, Eclipse Award Winning Vet. The time has come.
CtC