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Originally Posted by tbwinner
I'll add another one. May catch some flack for this, but I trusted my trainers too much. Not that they were out to get me, but as we all know trainers are mostly terrible handicappers and bad at reading a form.
Most of the horses I looked at to claim were based on Thorograph numbers, replays, and potential for improvement. Selecting ones based on this and then my trainers' eagle eye in the paddock, we found some good ones.
Had one that was running routes but a few years back ran a pair of sprints that were huge standouts. Trainer had a history of running all his horses long. We claimed and I said we have to run this horse short. We ran back 2x in routes and ran 5th and 6th I think before I said you have to train him back to a sprinter....he won his next out 6F going 6 wide and finishing huge. Paid 11-1 that was nice. Ran back short again ran a huge 2nd missed by a neck I think and Sheets user Maggi Moss claimed him I think for 5k more than we paid, obviously seeing what I saw in him. Really needed to be more adamant about the horse from the beginning.
A lot of the horses they selected had ? marks or needed too much improvement. These turned out to be duds. Should have stuck to what I knew and passed on these. Oh well, hindsight is 20/20...
Best race I won as an owner was Oaklawn opening weekend, out of the 12 hole, paid 4 or 5-1. Was an awesome feeling winning down there.
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First race I won as an owner was at OP (which I have mentioned many times here
). It was an incredible feeling! Op is a special place to me
