Thursday, December 22, 2005
SANTA ANITA -HANDICAPPING INFORMATION
There is no horse racing at Santa Anita today. Racing will resume on Monday, 12/26/2005.
We will get to have some turf races and maybe more horses per race at Santa Anita. Santa Anita has one of the most unusal and beautiful turf course in the 6 1/2 furlong down hill. Most bettors think the inside posts are the place to be. I have found that the horses with the outside posts tend to do better on the downhill course.
Another mistake that bettors make is they believe the turf course is softer than the normal track. The turf is harder and faster than the normal track. The speed figures need to be adjusted for this when a horse is changing from one surface to the other.
I also have noticed that 1st time starters tend to have problems when their first start is from post position # 1 on the main track. The horse tends to break toward the rail and thus does not break as fast as the others. This is also true with a 1st timer starting from the far outside post. He will tend to break to his right. Naturally this is not true for all 1st time starters but it must be considered while handicapping the race.
I hope that Santa Anita has some qualified stewards that will make fair and just decisions on the rules and jockey objections. At Del Mar and Hollywood Park you not only had to beat the other horses you had to beat the Stewards unjust decisions. As a trainer or jockey a lot depended upon what your name was and what you attitude towards the stewards was. I hope this is not the case at Santa Anita.
Friday I will post some tips on my system.
We will get to have some turf races and maybe more horses per race at Santa Anita. Santa Anita has one of the most unusal and beautiful turf course in the 6 1/2 furlong down hill. Most bettors think the inside posts are the place to be. I have found that the horses with the outside posts tend to do better on the downhill course.
Another mistake that bettors make is they believe the turf course is softer than the normal track. The turf is harder and faster than the normal track. The speed figures need to be adjusted for this when a horse is changing from one surface to the other.
I also have noticed that 1st time starters tend to have problems when their first start is from post position # 1 on the main track. The horse tends to break toward the rail and thus does not break as fast as the others. This is also true with a 1st timer starting from the far outside post. He will tend to break to his right. Naturally this is not true for all 1st time starters but it must be considered while handicapping the race.
I hope that Santa Anita has some qualified stewards that will make fair and just decisions on the rules and jockey objections. At Del Mar and Hollywood Park you not only had to beat the other horses you had to beat the Stewards unjust decisions. As a trainer or jockey a lot depended upon what your name was and what you attitude towards the stewards was. I hope this is not the case at Santa Anita.
Friday I will post some tips on my system.
