Clockers

[The Indomitable DrugS]

I never figured it out why we are subjected to an all-out ambush of workout reports from these guys before the Kentucky Derby and Breeders Cup ... but never get to hear or read a peep from them on TVG or DRF before races with a lot of first time starters or a race with an obvious contender on paper returning from layoff.... you know, situations when the skills they have are actually useful.

It's pretty amusing how they're all super impressed about how Zensational and Lookin At Lucky are training.

Lookin At Lucky RNA'd for 35K at Kee Sept as a yearling - and seven months later he sold for 475K at a 2yo in training sale. Why? It's not because his looks and pedigree changed in 7 months ... it's because he trained like an absolute MoFo in the under-tack show.

Zensational sold for 20K as a yearling .. and resold for 700K at an in training sale 5 months later. Again .. his pedigree and confirmation didn't change in 5 months time .. the unheard of gap in sales prices was because he trained like a beast and was a total athlete.

The only thing useful you can hear in these workout reports from clockers with horses like these ... is if they say that they have followed said horse and watched them train all through their racing career ... and now the horse is either suddenly looking or training much worse than ever. Or, that they've followed said horse all along .. and the horse seems to be training markedly better after a recent equipment change or minor opperation or something.

It's a shame we never get to hear or read this type of stuff when it's very useful. But when it's pretty much not useful at all ... we get blitzed with it.