magicnight: Yeah, the BC races are too tough to have a good percentage unless you are extremely selective about running in it. A few who fit this pattern (and who I\'m guessing have great percentages) would be Carl Nafzger, Freddie Head, and John Gosden.

Flighted Iron: Nafzger 11%
Gosden  13%
Head    42%( ahem,Goldikova)

Miff,

 does she qualify as freak of freaks?

magicnight: Thanks. Never would have guessed that Nafzger and Gosden would have had so many starters.

Flighted Iron: Want to make very clear my posts weren\'t intended to denigrate anyone. More to the point of how difficult it can be to win a race,let alone a BC race.

Great sport.Started working on the backside in \'84,but Bowie tellers were taking
my action at a tender 15.

Best of luck and good handicapping to all.

miff: Iron,

At her best, she was freaky compared to the US common turf horses she drubbed most years in spite of shipping a long way.

Mike

SoCalMan2: Flighted Iron Wrote:
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> Want to make very clear my posts weren\'t intended
> to denigrate anyone. More to the point of how
> difficult it can be to win a race,let alone a BC
> race.
>
> Great sport.Started working on the backside in
> \'84,but Bowie tellers were taking
> my action at a tender 15.
>
> Best of luck and good handicapping to all.

Those same tellers at Bowie wouldn\'t take my action in 1977 when I was 13.....but I was also very good at picking out people on the line who wouldn\'t mind making a bet for a minor looking for some action.  Back in those days, the windows were denominated by ticket size and bet, so it got really complicated going between the various windows you needed.