Watched Flower Alley work this morning

[Rupert Pupkin]

Originally Posted by hockey2315

But he's 1-18 at the biggest meet of the year with Darley horses. A great trainer like Pletcher has his horses (usually) geared up at the top of their game at Saratoga. You could argue that he's going up against tougher competition at Saratoga, but with the amount of talent at his disposal 1-18 just doesn't cut it.

There's a lot of luck involved in the short run. He has a bunch of 2nd place finishes. If just two of his horses that finished 2nd would have won, we wouldn't even be having this conversation.

You guys may think it's really significant that he's 1 for 18. I really don't think it is.

Johnny V is only winnning at a 13% clip. I don't think that's a big deal. I never rely on short-term results to form conclusions.

Bobby Frankel is only about 3 for 63 in Breeder's Cup races. That's a terrible record. I have a friend who actually thinks that this could be significant with Frankel. You know there is a ton of security at the BC and all the horses are guarded for 24 hours. My friend thinks that the added security is the reason why Frankel has done so poorly. I guess no trainer is above suspicion. I persoanlly think Frankel has probably just had bad luck and that things will turn for him eventually in BC races.