View Single Post
  #10  
Old 09-08-2006, 01:04 PM
Sightseek's Avatar
Sightseek Sightseek is offline
Flemington
 
Join Date: Aug 2006
Posts: 11,024
Default

Quote:
Originally Posted by KY_Sasquash
I also look at how long the race is especially if it's more than 60 days. I have no stats/research on this, but if a horse is coming back in a sprint race I'm not as worried about it, if they're going a route i'm more inclined to give them a race while also taking into consideration what's mentioned above (trainer,works, has the horse fired well off a similar layoff, etc.)
What about horses at the Stakes level? Do you notice more often or not that they are entered to 'prep' for something else? Whereas a claimer/allowance horse is out there to win?
Reply With Quote