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Originally Posted by ultracapper
Combine this with an owner, and it can be quite accurate. In the 80s at Longacres, you could tell with absolute certainty when a Mike Chambers trained, John Roche owned horse was the nuts.
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Funny you should mention Mike. It reminds me of the time I saw him leaving the paddock, and I walked up to him and said, "Mike, I really like your horse in here today, would you advise me against betting him?" He said, "I don't know if he'll win or not, but I do know one thing...he's the only goddamn speed!"
And he was the only speed.
In a six horse race he was five to one and wired the field.
That was the only time I can ever remember approaching a trainer with a question about his horse.
