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Keystone
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Originally Posted by
Half Smoke
I know there are at least a few here who like racing so I thought I'd start a thread with various angles that anybody can add to with theirs
about a half hour ago I got on a horse at Santa Anita who was bet down in a very short race but not crunched down too bad
one of the track's handicappers - and there are at least 16 of them - released a time on an unpublished workout and although some knew about this I doubt that many bettors did or paid attention to his blog
the workout was not on the official program
anyway this horse - Amalfi Sunrise - a 2 year old filly - worked one furlong in 9.80 seconds which is absolutely scorching - 12 seconds is very good for a 2 year old
she won going away - easily - she was green - it was her first race - she started going very wide in the stretch but her jock straightened her - but fortunately no mishaps
getting very valuable info like that that is not widely known is very unusual and very much appreciated
Do you happen to know who the handicapper was, Smoke?....reason I ask is that there is one guy in particular that I pay attention to and just curious if he was the one...the rest of them I rarely listen to....good topic, and I値l add some of my own the closer it gets to Saratoga and Del Mar....you, Regnis and I are the only horse players here that I知 aware of
Yes, it's Jeff Siegel. he's very good - not saying blindly betting his picks will be a winning thing - but he's very knowledgeable
I linked his blog for you
I've found that if you read everything possible written about the bigger tracks you will sometimes find something that is useful
most of the the time it's not useful - obvious stuff
I've also linked the best racing forum out there - but there is a lot of crap you have to weed through on this forum to find one useful thing
I've also linked a Joe Drape article from the NYT on the Santa Anita situation. it's probably the best commentary there is out there - IMO anyway - I really respect Joe Drape - he knows a lot
http://www.santaanita.com/author/jeffsiegel/
http://www.paceadvantage.com/forum/?
https://www.nytimes.com/2019/06/26/s...se-deaths.html