![]() ![]() The first thing I do is look at the grades of horses in a race. My way isn’t the right way, only one way – keep that in mind. The way that I use clocker reports may not be exactly the way that you use clocker reports. The most recent one is obviously the most relevant, but how recently is that entry?Įverybody handicaps differently. Talks of early speed or slow breaks, improving or declining form, perhaps a horse is returning to the races and isn’t in peak physical condition yet? The notes can be very helpful and can really help differentiate between “A” horses and horses that don’t need to be included on your tickets. What if a maiden is hanging in there with a proven stakes winner? Probably worth a bet, right? You’ll get notes on who the running mate was, this can be VERY helpful. ![]() Often the descriptions will indicate what to expect – you’ll get notes for dirt horses that the clockers feel would be better on the turf and vice versa. What should I glean from the description? If anything, it might be a slight upgrade as the trainer doesn’t see a need to vigorously work the horse out. Do not upgrade or downgrade due to an M work. What you should be looking for is standouts in each race, more on that later. An MC20 running a C+ work while the rest of their field running C works might stand out, whereas a G1 sprinter running an A- work while the rest of their competition is only running B- and B works certainly stands out. Think of it as having a scout inside of a basketball practice: would you put money on a team if the star player was coming off of an injury and was still looking hobbled in practice? What if the player was returning from injury and throwing down 360 Isaiah Rider East Bay Funk Dunks in practice? Would either of these scenarios persuade your bet one way or another? This is where clockers come in! Clockers are “professionals” (whatever that is in this game) that watch every horse workout in the morning and assign a grade to the workout along with a brief summary of the workout. If a horse is working out sluggishly, it’s not very likely that’s they’re going to revert to winning form come race day. Following up on the performance in the practice idea, if a horse is working out very well, more than likely the horse is ready to run a big race. Trainers utilize workouts to get conditioning and sometimes work on utilizing new tactics such as teaching horses how to rate. Coaches work to implement a game plan and get their players in peak condition for their next competition, so too do horse trainers. That’s what athletes do, right? They work out. If you find this to be true (and you sure as shit should) then you’ve come to the right place.Įach morning, across the nation, thousands of horses workout. ![]() We've still got another couple of weeks to go, but I couldn't be any happier with the way he's coming into the race at the moment.Coaches always say that the better you perform in practice, the better you perform in games. He just seems to be progressing and continuing to get better with maturity. Hopefully we'll get to gallop him tomorrow and work him Wednesday.”īob Baffert was thrilled with the work from the GI Pacific Classic winner–who many believe will ultimately be the post-time favorite in the Classic–and likes the changes he's seeing: “I was really happy with the work and the way he has been progressing since the Haskell, which was kind of a disaster all around. When asked for a reason, conditioner Rick Dutrow only said: “We weren't able to work this morning. It was a tale of two Breeders' Cup preps Monday morning at Santa Anita for Arabian Knight ( Uncle Mo) and White Abarrio (Race Day), the former putting in an eye-catching six furlong work in 1:11.54 and then galloping out a mile in 1:37.57 without any pressing encouragement, as reported by the DRF in the Breeders' Cup Clocker Report, and the latter having it tentatively postponed until Wednesday. ![]()
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