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Old 08-06-2011, 09:18 PM   #1
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calling all Workout experts

Do you ignore the 'H' and 'B' designation for handling and breezing? Is it true that West of the Mississippi River they mostly use 'B' while the East they use 'H'. The designations are considered by some to be a few speed points difference as much as a second at some distances. How do you make sense of it?
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Old 08-06-2011, 10:11 PM   #2
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I ignore them. All i look at is times and who the trainer is.
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Old 08-06-2011, 10:32 PM   #3
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I'm no expert, but.......

Workouts are a very grey area when it comes to handicapping.
The difference between "B" and "H" works cannot really be quantified, or taken as reliable.
Therefore, I take the info on workouts that we read in PPs with a grain of salt.

Yes - they are important.
Works at regular intervals, especially during a layoff, are key to a horse's fitness. Having them at the track where the horse will race next can be a plus. Getting a turf work into a horse due to debut on the lawn is, also, often a positive. There are many variables, and intangibles.

Looking too closely at workouts, though, as they appear on paper, is often a wasted effort.
Times, and the "H" or "B" listings, are less important than frequency, imo.
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Old 08-06-2011, 10:48 PM   #4
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not a expert, i don't look at B or H, just for gate works.

Here's what i look for in workouts , I like to see 3 or more w/o 6 to 7 days apart,
I like to see a improvement in time from 3rd back, last w/o within 7 days at 5 furlongs i think is the best w/o.
7 furlong w/o in one of last two workouts , under for alw 1.25, claimers 1.26 these hit the board.
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Old 08-06-2011, 11:14 PM   #5
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Al,

Yes, I use those H, B, and G designations.

Was it you that suggested that workouts would be a good topic for my show? I believe my next show (Sept. 8) workouts will be the topic.



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Old 08-07-2011, 12:30 AM   #6
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workouts are the key to all forms of handicapping period. you can have the best numbers money can buy, but if you don't know how the horse is training you are dead meat. of course there are many people that claim they know how to clock horses, but most are pretenders that want to be contenders.

if you are buying a racing form to get the printed workouts, you are only wasting your money. its how the horse works and who the horse works with.

todays example comes in the 3rd race at saratoga, you have the horse CURRENCY SWAP. he is a 2 year old that worked with and beat PROMISING ED who is a 3 year old that happened to win on FRIDAY AUGUST 5. the horse shows up in saratoga today to run against the best when the connections could have waited until next week and ran him against easier in NEW JERSEY without shipping the horse. you take that information and look at all the other horses in the race and see who they trained with. from what i found out, the horses that were based in NEW YORK all trained with other 2 year olds, one of them trained with a good 3 year old, but that horse did not beat the 3 year old. the very same process would hold true for older horses, but most of them hardly ever work. that is why i try to stay away from those types of races because i cannot get a decent line on the prospective horses that i might place a wager on. i don't really know how many people do the same type of work that i do. horses that work good produce good numbers in races. good numbers do not produce good horses.
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Old 08-07-2011, 01:54 AM   #7
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Is it true that West of the Mississippi River they mostly use 'B' while the East they use 'H'.
Are you sure it's not the other way around? I don't see many breezing workouts on the SoCal circuit but I do remember seeing them when I have wagered on the Triple Crown races this year.

Anyhow, I basically just look at the times and give a little extra credit to a work out of the gate. I really only consider work times for the maiden races though...
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Old 08-07-2011, 07:52 AM   #8
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Horse that have three gate wks or more.I throw out as probably haveing gate problem.Also think most wks in east are brezzing and west handily.A gate wk is probably 1 sec faster and i subtract that from number shown in form.And consider a brezz wk better than a handily as brezzing is all horse on his own and handily he gets urgeing.
And also take in considerateion spaceing.And how he wks bef and aft race
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Old 08-07-2011, 09:40 AM   #9
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Horse that have three gate wks or more.I throw out as probably haveing gate problem.Also think most wks in east are brezzing and west handily.A gate wk is probably 1 sec faster and i subtract that from number shown in form.And consider a brezz wk better than a handily as brezzing is all horse on his own and handily he gets urgeing.
And also take in considerateion spaceing.And how he wks bef and aft race
Wouldn't you subtract from a gate work? A Gate standing start, other works are timed from pole to pole with a running start?
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Old 08-07-2011, 09:54 AM   #10
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todays example comes in the 3rd race at saratoga, you have the horse CURRENCY SWAP. he is a 2 year old that worked with and beat PROMISING ED who is a 3 year old that happened to win on FRIDAY AUGUST 5. the horse shows up in saratoga today to run against the best when the connections could have waited until next week and ran him against easier in NEW JERSEY without shipping the horse. you take that information and look at all the other horses in the race and see who they trained with. from what i found out, the horses that were based in NEW YORK all trained with other 2 year olds, one of them trained with a good 3 year old, but that horse did not beat the 3 year old. the very same process would hold true for older horses, but most of them hardly ever work. that is why i try to stay away from those types of races because i cannot get a decent line on the prospective horses that i might place a wager on. i don't really know how many people do the same type of work that i do. horses that work good produce good numbers in races. good numbers do not produce good horses.

Didn't do the same amount of work as you did only noticed that the horse was throwing a few bullets at MTH and definitely could have found a race there instead of shipping. The horse is a FLA bred so was not coming up for a NY-bred MSW...

The other angle that I thought might be interesting is that Klaravich is a big outfit in NY/NJ - maybe they wanted the horse up in SAR for the day but still didn't make that much sense to ship up unless he was well meant.

It was not a prime win wager as I like Kenneally 1sters too - but they did finish 1-2; so took out a net of 8.9 odds points from the race

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Old 08-07-2011, 10:34 AM   #11
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Didn't do the same amount of work as you did only noticed that the horse was throwing a few bullets at MTH and definitely could have found a race there instead of shipping. The horse is a FLA bred so was not coming up for a NY-bred MSW...

The other angle that I thought might be interesting is that Klaravich is a big outfit in NY/NJ - maybe they wanted the horse up in SAR for the day but still didn't make that much sense to ship up unless he was well meant.

It was not a prime win wager as I like Kenneally 1sters too - but they did finish 1-2; so took out a net of 8.9 odds points from the race
i happened to have caught the daily double from the prior race and got lucky with it even though the payoff was low,i got most of the money, but i did play a rundown in trifecta's with dutrow and got lucky there catching eddie kinnealy in the middle. the kentucky horses have not been that great this year, while as you know monmouth has been pretty deep and demanding
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Old 08-07-2011, 12:58 PM   #12
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Al,

Yes, I use those H, B, and G designations.

Was it you that suggested that workouts would be a good topic for my show? I believe my next show (Sept. 8) workouts will be the topic.



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Old 08-07-2011, 07:09 PM   #13
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Doesn't matter at all because they don't tell you the weight of the exercise rider. Some weigh 10+lbs more than others. From experience, I know some carry weights in the saddles while working out. NONE of this is told in the racing form or post parade mags.
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Old 08-07-2011, 07:21 PM   #14
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Doesn't matter at all because they don't tell you the weight of the exercise rider. Some weigh 10+lbs more than others. From experience, I know some carry weights in the saddles while working out. NONE of this is told in the racing form or post parade mags.
This is one reason I consider works worthless. Here are a few more. 1)Is it the right horse? It's not like they are identified before working. 2)Was the time given on the gallop out or at the pole? You never know. 3)Did the horse work in company? 4)Was the horse given Lasix for the work?

Unless you are there clocking yourself or suscribe to a reliable workout service you are almost completely in the dark. I'd imagine the better quality the track the more reliable the works are. Still too many unknown variables for me.
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Old 08-07-2011, 09:37 PM   #15
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workouts are the key to all forms of handicapping period.
This is utterly absurd.
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