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Originally Posted by pandy
Young horses are better for trip handicapping...for instance, a horse that has only raced once or twice and got buried along the rail, now draws an outside post.
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I agree.
If a horse has a full record to evaluate, a single trip related bad running line might raise the price a little, but people will still see the horse's other good races and build that into the price even if they don't know about the trip.
If a horse only has 1 or 2 races and was hindered by a bad trip, there are no good back races to bet the horse off. So people that don't know about the trip assume the horse is bad. That can get you a much better price.
