I may be wrong, but I think inside money may be even more of a factor than it used to be. For all we know some information is being sold to select clients.
Defining "inside" is a little tricky because these days there are clocker reports and sales workout times available to everyone, but I do think trainers, daily workout observers, and others more directly involved with the horses know more about their current condition and sometimes quality than the rest of us. That screams at you in races with a lot of first time starters and sometimes with layoffs also. But that same kind of money is impacting the odds at the margin is almost every race. It's just less noticeable.
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Last edited by classhandicapper; 08-24-2021 at 10:30 AM.
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