Originally Posted by Fightingirish51195 (Post 2804643)

Skippy long stocking:

Has RAN sire line.(lacks 95 beyer mentioned in Stanley’s article)

Has Buckpasser in x passing position

Has Strong conduit mare in tail female line.

Fast final fractions in the wood. Tried to close wide on a day where that wasn’t working. Ran a nice even race.

If you like the other two wood horses and like Stanley carris angles, I think this horse is a key underneath in tris, and worth a win bet

Originally Posted by Someday Silent (Post 2804648)

Genuinely curious: hasn't the RAN sireline pretty much become ubiquitous? It's sort of like saying you can win the lottery on a day ending in "y". Or like saying a horse will win the Epsom Derby because he traces back to Northern Dancer.

Originally Posted by Bustin Stones (Post 2804577)

I've posted before....if you limit the field to 16 you eliminate a lot of the bothered trips. Each entrant deserves a real shot at winning the race and it's an important race to win.

Originally Posted by cj (Post 2805275)

But that would have eliminated the winner. And he ran well. The pace helped, but it wasn't like he didn't run.

Originally Posted by eqitec (Post 2803439)

I track early and late tote board action using infographics. See the image attached.
Rich Strike's final odds drop (-19%) was almost equivalent to Epicenter's final drop (-20%) after Mattress Mac dropped his load. One would have expected Rich Strike's odds to go after that, instead it went down by 19%.
And the infographic pointed out the $321,500 super using the top 4 odds droppers. I didn't have it.
Where did all this smart money come from?