Re: Archive study on horses that have run 3 pt or more tops in final derby preps (849 Views)
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BitPlayer (IP Logged)
Date: April 21, 2014 08:48PM
What happens if you eliminate horses who had their last prep on a synthetic surface? One might think that such horses are less likely to bounce because (a) the synthetic surface is kinder and (b) synthetic surfaces cause fields to be less spread out, making it harder to to earn a big fig, and thus hiding some of a top horse's physical improvement.