Who’s Ready

[billk5300s]

With SA and CD returning to racing, who has any methods to know which barns are ready?  I know that TG provides excellent stats on how trainers perform after layoffs but are there any other tricks that folks use?  Thought this would be an interesting discussion.

[ajkreider]

The layoffs stats will be interesting and maybe taken with a grain of salt, since some horses are turned out due to injury or due to a grueling campaign - which gives a different read on return performance.

[JohnTChance]

With regards to the Churchill meet that starts tomorrow, realize that many of these runners were primed to come off the layoff… not now, but 4-6 weeks ago at Keeneland! Trainers have had to pump the brakes on hammering down too much. Then rev up. A champion returns tomorrow off a 500+ day layoff and she’ll be 3-5. Your move.