Is This Normal?

[MISTERGEE]

Was just looking at the entries for the great Portlnd Meadows today and came across this stat that I'm guessing maybe s never been done before with this large a sample. Jerry Hollendorfer has 68 starts and a whopping 40 wins!! Thats a hair shy of 60% What the------

[richard]

itm 90% ...

[brianwspencer]

Look at the types of horses he's running there this meet, though -- I'd be clicking at a good 10% with his horses just by keeping them in my garage and driving them over in the morning.

A bad GG $8K maiden claimer, getting beat a dozen lengths on the regular will go to PM, drop in for a $4K or $2.5K maiden claimer and get sent to post at microscopic odds. Obviously I'm not telling you anything you probably don't already know, but the racing in Portland, at least from a quality perspective, is horrific. A bad NoCal horse towers over a decent Oregon horse almost any day.

Of those 68 horses, exactly FIVE have gone off at better than 9-5 on the tote board all meet. 43 have been sent off at less than even money. Granted, winning nearly 60% is winning nearly 60%, but there's no real magic to it, IMO.

[MISTERGEE]

very true and thanks for the insight, but even with all that I dont think anyone else has ever won at that clip