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Old 08-01-2008, 10:32 PM
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Originally Posted by hoovesupsideyourhead
i tell ya its hard to get any prices at saratoga,the bettors and the whole nation is tuned in to it..some angles that were just easy money in the past have bene negated to a chalk..the age of information had really hit hard as of late..i mean guys in the early 90s should have been fng wheelbarrowing the cash in on stuff they did on thier own/ figs and trainer patterns..now its old hat and easily done.. i think the ny summer crowd is a tough capping adventure..hell mrs grabowski can out capp half the people i know...

Alot of this is the devaluing of prices by the Sheets and TGH. About a month ago at Belmont I had a nice sheet exacta that was something like 7-1/9/2. It paid 50 bucks for 2 bucks. Both horses were TGH plays and just got pounded in combinations. It's really difficult to get prices in New York.
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