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Originally Posted by Holland Hacker
I was at Aqueduct today but it could have been happened anywhere. There was a first time starter listed at something like 8-1 in the ML and went off at close to 2-1. As my friend was walking away from the windows he over heard some one saying that the trainer had put $$$ down on the horse. He also said that the he heard someone say that the morning clocker was given the wrong name for the horse when this horse worked out in the morning. There was no way this horse would have been bet down with the published works 1:03 +/- for the last two work.
I guess I wouldn't have cared or bothered to post this if the horse didn't win but it actually won and and won for fun, I think the horse drew off by 8 - 10 lengths.
My questions to you guys are:
Do you think this is a common practice among certain trainers and is it unaoivdable?
Should we basically ignore the published work outs horse in the mornings?
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LOL well i know you dont expect it to be published info when any1 in the barn is gonna bet trainer included but ill answer your questions. some trainers to work their horses slow, even some of the top ones, big example:asmussen! here locally in chicago mike reavis' whos one of the top trainers here works em slow! i wouldnt say completely ignore workouts but focus more on the work pattern than the times. focusing on the times cant hurt alot unless if you know the shape of the track each individual morning which might be way different come a few hours when the races start. best advice i can give which seems quite obvious is dont invest large chunks of your bankroll into maiden races