Joe B-- no, ground loss is ground loss, it\'s straight math whichever track you are at. Miff will disagree.
And Gvido, you are right. That race should not have been a pass-- the handicapper did not look closely enough to see that some of the fastest horses were prices-- he should have.
Handicappers have habits and patterns-- I\'m sure all of you do as well. Some people look to see if there is one (or two) clear stickouts in a race (the guy who did FG is like that, and there were not), to find the winner. Some look to find a horse (one) they can key at a price, and hook up with other contenders (Julian, who has given dozens of seminars for us over the years , is like that). Others look to see if there are some short priced horses to play against in the race, and work out an exotic play against them (I do that often).
All of these are right under certain circumstances, but it\'s a mistake to think only one way (see the betting strategies in the archives, found on the homepage). It\'s tough to teach some of these old dogs new tricks, when they\'ve been successful doing what they do. Nick, who did FG, comes up with a lot of bombs I would not have found, but he missed this one.
