Need to imbed one in the trainers and vets too?http://www.app.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20050315/SPORTS/503150449/1022
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Asufth,
My thoroughbred literary world generally is restricted to the DRF, Equibase and This site. With occasional forays. I can\'t tell you how much I enjoy your heads up post here.
thx
CtC
Ctc,
They did run one week at Keeneland last fall with a chip in Horse saddle pad this past fall with a GPS type system. I even believe England is making it madatory at some tracks (again saddle pad). SO the technology is close and would certainly help in calulating ground loss. My friend was a chart caller at Phil Park and Garden State in the early 80\'s so I know how unprecise a science it can be. .....speaking of him brought back memories of old Philly Park. In the dead of winter at Philly Park, it would more depend on how the track super harrowed the track in the am would determine if horses from the inside or outside would win........and you\'d have to adjust your bets accordingly. Not to mention a move up trainer named Mark Reid, who is the Buyer/Trader for Frankel today (Madaglio Doro,Peace Rules,BOS,High Limit and a few others for Dutrow St Liam for instance) He does have a Good EYE for Horse Flesh.................
Bill Handleman is a terrific columnist for the Asbury Park Press and writes many horse racing articles especially leading up to the triple crown, BC and during the live Monmouth meet. But that\'s only his day job. He can handicap a race. A few years ago he and his partners won the handicapping contest at Penn National and I\'m sure he does pretty well on his own as well. We remember him from the early days of simulcasting in NJ when only the Meadowlands in the fall then Garden State in the winter was available at night, upstairs at Monmouth. He was often up there with the rest of us but somehow he didn\'t rip as often as us....
Hey HollyBull95,
I\'ve been living in NC since 1990 but travel to Saratoga and keenland every year. Also My Corp Office is in Bridgewater and my ex and Son live in Atlantic Highlands so Ive hit Monmouth for simulcast/live there every so often. Perhaps we could hook up sometime......In Fact I have a picture of HB in the Kentucky Horse Park I could send you sometime if your interested.
NC Tony