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Never noticed it during live action but I did note, for the first time this weekend, "lost whip" in the comments section of the PPS (Race 2 and TBD on Sunday 2/18).
I was looking for angles to see if I could find reasonable value against the 1-1 favorite Hazit. I liked the 2 horse, the other Todd Pletcher horse in the race, and from Calumet Farm. His last race out he finished 5th by less than 2 lengths but had a comment that his rider lost his whip. Never saw that before so I watched the replay and his jock dropped the whip coming around the near turn into home. Was hand "whipping" the horse all the way in but got passed by a bunch before the finish.
That was enough for me to take a shot but Earth couldn't overcome the class in the race first time on the dirt and finished third. I think it could be an interesting angle to identify somewhat hidden bad trips depending on when in the race the whip was lost.
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