How a horse improves by 20+ lengths in a month...

[Cannon Shell]

Oscar would never resort to bush league tactics like claim and drop like these 30% hacks do now. All other factors were moot. Distance, class, post, jockey, time between races, etc. meaningless.
Didnt even bother to send them to the track.

[The Indomitable DrugS]

Originally Posted by Cannon Shell

Oscar would never resort to bush league tactics like claim and drop like these 30% hacks do now. All other factors were moot. Distance, class, post, jockey, time between races, etc. meaningless.
Didnt even bother to send them to the track.

I found a Beyer article on Oscar at the time of his death.

http://articles.latimes.com/1991-04-..._oscar-barrera

[freddymo]

Originally Posted by Cannon Shell

Oscar would never resort to bush league tactics like claim and drop like these 30% hacks do now. All other factors were moot. Distance, class, post, jockey, time between races, etc. meaningless.
Didnt even bother to send them to the track.

He didn't have to..