Good job piecing that together. Funny thing is, that\'s kind of what I do for \"everyday\" races, but I somehow become mesmerized by the \"sheer number\" horses in stakes races, an obvious mistake.
We use the word \"key\" differently. Price never makes a horse a key for me...just a stronger use if the public is making a mistake, as you perceived with Eldaafer. To me, a key horse is one who I think will *absolutely* be there (no worse than 2nd), and must be on all my tickets -- price is not a factor. That\'s what I was questioning...a semantical difference and NBD. Thanks for explaining.