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Find A Horse That Loves The Distance |
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| I try to find horses that love
the distance they are running at today. Sometimes you can catch a price
on these types of horses if they are switching from an unsuitable
distance or surface and returning to their preferred distance. Bidis a
5yo gelding was such a horse on Sunday, Jun, 30th. His last race was at
a mile which probably did not suit him and it was on grass a surface
that he had never been on before. He was backed down to 5-1 and ran a
very dull race. Today he was switching back to his preferred 6f
distance. The kicker for me was that he is a was a perfect 10 for 10 in
the money at 6f. His form had tailed off a bit in his last few 6f events
but he continued to battle on gamely and in every instance held a pretty
clear margin for 3rd. This is an example of a gutsy little horse who will almost
always give his best and be there somewhere in the finish. In other
words a pretty clear banker horse in the race. He went off at 4-1 in the
race and after battling 3 abreast on the turn (a tough trip at
churchill). Was no match for the winner but once again held a clear
margin for 3rd. What was a bit surprising is that he returned a generous
$4.80 to show in a 6 horse field. What is also interesting is that if
you look at his last 4 sprint races, he finished 3rd in every start.
That makes it 5 sprint starts in a row where he finished 3rd and now 11
for 11 in the money at 6f. In other words his finish was very
predictable this afternoon.
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