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Bill, you aren't naive, you just don't give yourself enough credit.

Lets don't forget that horse racing is a business, and if we think that horses run just for owners pleasure we making a big mistake and this race did prove that.
Winning pays the bills.
10 race back, fast work at 5 furlongs, strong FPD+ work (if furlong per days is greater than 1.1 the workout is considered very strong and this horse had a 1.153 FPD) and what else this horse had that made him a playable...... what follow is called FDK which is how the horse performed last race, lets see if the horse did pass the test:

At the 1C. the BL must be fewer than or equal to the 2C's.......YES
At the 2C, the BL must be equal to or greater than 5............YES
Between the SC and FC, thew loss of lengths should be 0 or <=6...YES
The last race must be an OMF (out the money finish).............YES
If today race distance is equal last race distance the horse gets credited with normal version.

And what is the name of this great angle, is called Form Darkening!!!! The horse had few other angles as well to make him a contender.

To quote Mitch....."Taulbot's angle or angles does not necessarily mean these things are intentional. At times the connections don't even know what they'll do and they really error on the side of being overconfident. As handicappers we frequently can place a horse or know if its properly spotted much better that their connections.".....

Trainers run horses, horses just run, and this trainer did fool everybody including you Mitch.

Plays like this don't come often but when they show up they are worth a small bet.

Good job in see the FDK and BA angles delayjf, you're right about the class drop, the horse was a BA angle based on his third race back.

3 race back was an A angles which suppose to win is 2 race back race but he lost and in the last race he became a BA angle horse which made the horse a stronger contender in the race that just won.