According to Steve Davidowitz,large horses that are plodders/grinders fair poorly. He thinks visual observation of the horses moving over DelMar surface gives him a "handle" on which ones like it.Have not watched close enough except to note that "quick" type front runners do very poorly and outside paths seem better.

Fastest 6f sprint of the meet, something like 1.11 and change which tells you something. Exhaustion levels much greater on the horses but horses coming out sounder than dirt, according to trainers.Del Mar will definitely tweak for next year, imo.


Mike