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Originally Posted by brianwspencer
Of course he does. Chuck and any decent trainer could win with 35% of his starters if he had a deep-pocketed owner who was willing to spend $35,000 on a claim just to drop it in for $10,000 six weeks later without starting it in between.
Not sure if you follow Arlington much, but that claim -> ridiculous drop probably covers about 80% of the entries coming from this team -- horses running for at least a 50% reduction in the tag for which they were claimed.
Doubt Chuck will get put in a difficult position by admitting he'd be thrilled to have an owner who didn't care about losing horses for less than he paid for them, didn't care about losing money over the course of the meet, and only wanted to win races at any cost.
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I don't watch Arlington religiously enough to know but I suspect I know the answer, I would be interested just how horses do once they leave the Calabrese barn, that to me is a much more useful and interesting stat as a capper.