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Originally Posted by pandy
When you say why attract attention with the rider, I guess you're assuming that the trainer may want to bet the horse. I'm sure there are betting trainers but my guess is that most trainers just want to get a win, especially when shipping, which, even for a short trip down 95, is still costly. Using the best jockey he can get makes perfect sense.
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The trainer might be trying to dump the horse, might be a cripple, hoping to get the purse money for a win and hope the horse gets claimed. Even though the purses are much lower for Delaware compared to Parx. Claimed for 30k ,now running in a nickle claimer. I wouldn't touch it. The last race for this horse seems an improvement over the previous three, but it might just be an illusion.
There's a certain N.Y. trainer that when he has a cripple he ships to Parx. Sometimes he gets the win and loses the horse and sometimes only gets the horse claimed away. But the horses seldom win or even run again.
