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Originally Posted by the little guy
Wait, you think Maker doesn't want to win here? Seriously?
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I am not saying he doesn't want to win at Saratoga. In previous years he did well at the beginning of the Saratoga meets; this year is poor so far. His horses are not being bet and they are not hitting the board. I like to play him because his horses are usually underbet but this meet I feel foolish when I do bet one that runs up the track, because few people are putting money on it.
He had a record setting meet at Kentucky Downs last year where the purses are high. His horses that I've looked at so far are in the midst of a form cycle, usually first or second off the layoff, and a race would seem to set them up well to hit their peak at KD where the purses are higher.
Does every trainer enter a horse in a race thinking he will win? Walsh was quoted in the Saratoga Special as entering a horse in a race that would set him up for the Allen Jerkens, and I was told by a trainer last year before a race that he needed to get a horse a race although it wasn't the best situation either for timing or distance (the horse won).
Why is his barn off to a poor start? Is it like Rudy Rodriguez last year? I am looking at this as a bettor and part of wagering is interpreting trainer's intent for a horse.