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I know I am naïve, Doc actually called me that lovingly in the follow up
But I just can't wrap my mind into "lets lose to get a better price"
I think Doc would agree that thinking these things can be and is to me, detrimental to a winning mindset.
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I don't think you are being naive at all. You got the horse based on his previous performance and his work outs indicated to you the horse was fit. If anything it just shows their are more than one way to the right answer. I only offered the angle as an explanation for the form reversal.
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I would have bet it across the board like I bet Giacomo
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Bill,
Curious as to what you saw in Giacomo? The only thing I recall (after the fact) was that he was the only horse ( I think) that gained lengths into the final fraction in the SA Derby - which may have been an indication that he would prefer the longer distance of the derby.
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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.
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gl45
I looked at the last line for the horse yesterday and wondered if the FDK angle applied (Isn't the FDK angle from Stokes?) but I didn't have Stokes book with me to confirm. I was going to look the angle up when I got home and was going to post the angle this morning, but forgot - no need now, as you saved me the trouble. This was one of the few times that the numbers (speed / pace) and the angles converged on one horse.