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Originally Posted by Bill Cullen
I tried in my previous entry opening up this thread to use tentative diction to suggest that (being my main point) that the lack of 2-year racing experience segues well into a regression in form going into the Belmont Stakes.
There is some empirical evidence to suggest that, aside from the so called curse of Apollo," a lack of racing experience across a number of dimensions
does not for the most part bode well. Across distance and surface parameters this is most evident. Across the 2 to 3 year old age continuum, I do not really have a firm sense of the implications. I do suspect, though, that not racing when a horse is two years old will typically have a negative impact on most racing stock in post racing year seasons.
Bill C
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Do you use this fsctor in handicapping 3 year old claiming races, or do you think it is a non factor except in 3 races a year?
