Open isn\'t the point. ROTW is a teaching tool, and I pick them because there are points to make about things to look at on TG that are different than the public perception-- weight, ground, patterns, etc. The ideal situation is when we can point out that a horse that looks good to the public does not to us-- my guess is that if you made a list of all those short priced horses we said were big underlays or bet-againsts, they would come back with an ROI of less than a buck for every $2 bet.
Leroy notwithstanding.
The problem is this-- a few months ago, Thoroughbred Daily News picked up ROTW, which gives us a much wider distribution, reaching lots of people who previously knew nothing about TG. The bad news is that I am now limited to 700 words, and can\'t be too technical for fear of talking over newcomers heads.
