I don't have any stats but it's just been my feeling that with certain trainers, Baffert being one of the main ones, if they have a heavy favorite and still run another horse, they either think very highly of the second horse or not very strongly about the first one. I don't think he ever wants to lose a race and won't throw a legit horse in if he doesn't think he has a legit shot.
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The real horses of the year (1986-2020)
Manila, Java Gold, Alysheba, Sunday Silence, Go for Wand, In Excess, Paseana, Kotashaan, Holy Bull, Cigar, Alphabet Soup, Formal Gold, Skip Away, Artax, Tiznow, Point Given, Azeri, Candy Ride, Smarty Jones, Ghostzapper, Invasor, Curlin, Zenyatta, Zenyatta, Goldikova, Havre de Grace, Wise Dan, Wise Dan, California Chrome, American Pharoah, Arrogate, Gun Runner, Accelerate, Maximum Security, Gamine
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