Capping tools

[jpops757]

Probably the last tool any of us use for the races is how the horse warm up on the track. I would like to know if you ar not at the track,can you see enough on most simo feeds to use this tool? If it is on network tv does it give you enough coverage to make a good call?

[MaTH716]

Probably not. You must be at the track to use this tool. Especially if you are talking about a big race like the derby. There will be big lines at most tracks and OTB'S. To wait and see a horse warm up for ten seconds on a tv screen might cost you a chance to get your bets in.

[Bobby Fischer]

I can see a horse that looks run-down and unsound, but beyond that I pretty much have to hope that the horse carrys its form into the race.

I will in a rare occasion cancel a ticket if my horse looks bad or should my horse happen to break through the starting gate.

[the_fat_man]

I find this interesting.

Assuming we're all experts in the fine art of the thoroughbred stride

(I mean, didn't we all spend most of our free time in our teens working at the local racetrack?)

the warmup, like the paddock inspection, is unique to the horse

which means that we need to have watched THIS HORSE warm up in the past

which means we need detailed records, etc.


when I was going to the track on a regular basis, i kept detailed paddock and equipment records

but I didn't keep detailed warmup records, cause

even though I would bolt from the paddock to the 3rd level to watch the warmups,

most times, it was all I could do to get up there and watch them

meta-handicapping beats handicapping any day of the week

[MaTH716]

The only time I take a long look in the paddock and on the track for warmups is in some of the baby races where the horses do not have any form.