Same attention to detail yes, same number of people no. The preps-- like most races-- have much smaller fields. Our trackmen-- in many cases the Equibase trackmen, Dave Litfin in New York, etc., have access to as many replays as they need. The major reason for using more than one guy for the Derby is the large number of horses make it more possible for someone to transpose two horses with similar jock colors, and magnifies individual trackman tendencies-- one guy could have a horse 3, another could have him 3-3-4-5 because he uses more of the fan. In a smaller field the differences are less extreme.

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