rrbauer
05-05-2002, 01:10 PM
In the aftermath of the Derby and all that goes with it I would like to point back to two (2) posts that are worthy of review by everyone who hangs out here and is not convinced that he/she knows everything there is to know.
First: in the "General Racing Discussion" section,
the thread, A "sheet" look at the Derby + breeding notes ,
by bdhsheets, spells out some breeding angles that I wasn't aware of but that helped me in my final analysis yesterday. I actually printed this out and read it again at the track.
Second: in the "General Handicapping Discussion", a post in the thread, WAR EMBLEM , by tanda, discusses how the pace profiles of the top derby contenders would allow for a wire-to-wire winner; and, how this years pace scenario differs from last years (when a 45 and change 1/2 mile had the front-runners puking by the 3/8 pole). I think that many of us still had last year's early ding-dong in our minds and were downgrading WAR EMBLEM as a result.
These two posts said nothing about either poster's picks. Yet, they said everything about who would; and, wouldn't win the race.
First: in the "General Racing Discussion" section,
the thread, A "sheet" look at the Derby + breeding notes ,
by bdhsheets, spells out some breeding angles that I wasn't aware of but that helped me in my final analysis yesterday. I actually printed this out and read it again at the track.
Second: in the "General Handicapping Discussion", a post in the thread, WAR EMBLEM , by tanda, discusses how the pace profiles of the top derby contenders would allow for a wire-to-wire winner; and, how this years pace scenario differs from last years (when a 45 and change 1/2 mile had the front-runners puking by the 3/8 pole). I think that many of us still had last year's early ding-dong in our minds and were downgrading WAR EMBLEM as a result.
These two posts said nothing about either poster's picks. Yet, they said everything about who would; and, wouldn't win the race.