geldedridgling

Keep up the palaver.

You've used this analogy before but it doesn't fit. For example, a jumping jack is not a move done in an actual basketball game. A free throw or 3 pointer is. If you watch a great shooter practice his shot, i.e. Stephen Curry, you can tell by the accuracy and ease of his shot that there is something superior about his ability to shoot relative to other players. Running i.e. working is what horses actually do in a horse race. There may be something to be learned from watching a horse work/train. It's not an exact science and shouldn't be relied on solely, especially if you're not familiar with how a horse normally works, but you can't dismiss workouts completely. I'm not sure why you gamble at all as risk averse and unable to make educated guesses based on available data as you seem but to each his own.

Not really if it's a prep/test for the Malibu then longer distances next year.

2015 was a 1 horse field. Granted that horse won the Triple Crown that year but once Smooth Roller and Beholder scratched there was no more speed and he was loose on the lead in the BCC, as amazing as that is to believe.

I hope Preservationist..He could use a jock change...

Excellent post. The term value should never be used in horseracing. There's no value on a losing horse. And you can always multiply the odds of a low odd horse you like to win by using the EXA, TRI, etc or a single in a multi race wager. Value is often a term used on a horse with a lesser chance to win at odds that a particular handicapper likes. Value is always relative but the winner is not.

This wasn't the place for Fawree. I'm looking for him to be a good longhost possibility in the BC dirt mile.

Preservationist has speed and is drawn outside of Tacitus.

Is Olympic Village running here or the Ack Ack? He's entered in both.

I just noticed Big Ass Fans is sponsoring the dirt mile. What a brilliant name for a company!