I of course pay attention to it. But in terms of capping harness I am all about how the horse raced. A horse who went off at 2-1, sat a hole trip and finished 4th by 3 with clear sailing, takes a back seat to a horse in the same race who went off at 25-1, came a strong 1st over into a fast 3rd quarter stayed strong until say midstretch and finised 5th by 3 1/4. Harness horses go good and bad really quick, so when a harness horse wakes up with a big performance at long odds, I am expect them to race well again. When they race poorly, I expect them to race poorly again, but of course sometimes they fool me.
I do give odds in the last race a big look when the horse is lightly raced or the horse was coming off of a layoff in that start. A horse who was well backed in these situtations, I can see improving next start.
Also, I think it may be more meaningful in situations where the horse has a legit excuse. If he was 2-1, but was sitting last at the half in a race with fractions of
28.2 57.4 125.1 152.3, he had no chance, so the fact he was well bet is a good sign.
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