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lamboguy
02-12-2015, 07:53 PM
i was just listening to TVG and they were talking about the 1 horse in the 4th race. the horse just won 4 life for $10,000 and today he is in double beatens $4000. the TVG boys called that a drop, i call it a step up.
Stillriledup
02-12-2015, 08:09 PM
Wow nice purse for that race at Delta.
Robert Fischer
02-12-2015, 08:50 PM
I don't know Lambo.

Not feeling too well at the moment to do any extra deep digging.

I can tell you this: on 12/31 Purse was 16K and tag was $10K

tonight purse was 13.5K and tag was $4k


So unless some special condition or statebred status came into play, it was a drop.
Robert Fischer
02-12-2015, 09:31 PM
i was just listening to TVG and they were talking about the 1 horse in the 4th race. the horse just won 4 life for $10,000

Yea, I'm not seeing the 4 life condition.
Just seeing 10,000b last time.
green80
02-12-2015, 10:30 PM
the horse was not in a non winner of 4 last time, he has won 10 races
green80
02-12-2015, 10:43 PM
.the last race was a non winner of 4 lifetime OR non winner of 2 in 2014, from10000 down to 8000. This time it was non winner of 2 since Feb for 4000 claiming. Conditions about the same except for claiming price. This is a class drop. Running same conditions for 4000 less claiming price. Both races for non winner of 2 races in about a year.
Robert Fischer
02-13-2015, 10:29 AM
some of these conditions can get complicated!

usually you can trust the tote board. I think this guy was 3/5, so he has to be considered 'well-suited' to the class level today :ThmbUp:
lamboguy
02-13-2015, 10:37 AM
.the last race was a non winner of 4 lifetime OR non winner of 2 in 2014, from10000 down to 8000. This time it was non winner of 2 since Feb for 4000 claiming. Conditions about the same except for claiming price. This is a class drop. Running same conditions for 4000 less claiming price. Both races for non winner of 2 races in about a year.i didn't see the 2 in 2014 part, yes that would be a drop unless all the horses in the prior race were all 4 life horses.
JohnGalt1
02-14-2015, 09:15 AM
That's what large purses for low claiming races allow trainers to do.

Lose the horse and collect a windfall if the horse wins.