This topic has been discussed here several times in the past, but it continues to fascinate me...and I've decided to bring it up again since we have so little else handicapping-related to talk about these days. I don't know how many members here found interest in today's 4th race at Gulfstream...and I wonder if those who did were as surprised to as I was when the
BLAKEY went off as the prohibitive 8-5 choice in what appeared, to me at least, to be a very competitive race. And if there ARE handicappers here who actually had the
as the clear favorite in this race...would they mind giving me a much-needed handicapping lesson on this matter? I know that there are some super-sophisticated handicappers out there who have access to unlimited resources and unapproachable artificial, and human, "intelligence"...but I always felt that, since we all use the same handicapping data...the prohibitive favorites of these races should at least make handicapping sense. I mean...there were almost $40,000 wagered on this horse to win today...so, it wasn't as if this was due to some "strong feeling" of some optimistic high-roller.
Could these mega-bettors be using handicapping information that the rest of us are not privy to?
