Re: Gallant Bob (716 Views)
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Tavasco (IP Logged)
Date: September 20, 2015 06:44AM
Owner Ms. Hopkins & trainer Preciado are experienced in their act. Below is a link to a Ray Paulick story from back in April where the duo claimed a 1 for 31 hopeless laggard from GP for $12.5 and then routed an ALWnw1x field of seven a little while later after remodeling.
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[url=http://www.paulickreport.com/news/thoroughbred-racing/win-no-1000-for-ramon-preciado/]Hopkins & Preciado[/url][/color]
I googled Barbara Hopkins and all I found was a chemistry professor @ Xavier University in Cincinnati no horse women in Philly. I'm curious. While Preciado can apparently move most all horses up he apparently looks for a particular physical ailment for targeted claims.
My observation of other move up trainers seemed to indicate the trainers install stamina in their projects. The horses just seemed not to tire or decelerate and improved their numbers in that way.
Preciado seems to do even more. Trouble Kid as an example went roughly :22 & :44 for the 1st half mile. So somehow Preciado has, in addition to adding stamina, increased raw speed by seconds per quarter mile?
Richiebee points out the issues of gelding and front bandages as maladies which can be cured with marked performance improvements. I'm curious about what conditions could explain a dramatic increase in velocity in short distances like the 1st and 2nd quarter mile?
Lastly, is it our observation that move up sheets increase or decrease bouncy bouncy tendencies? Again cool ROTW selection for several reasons. Trainer KM gets off the schneid and Colebrooks confidence warranted.
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