Thanks Bhagwan for your time in playing around with those ideas and running them through your database. The reason I like the idea of wide barrier draws, is because you would think that it would give the jockey the best opportunity to try to position the horse where he/she thinks it will perform best from. For instance, it might be a bit harder to get your horse to settle back early so that it can make a strong finish if it's drawn in the middle, where it's first instinct will likely be to keep up with or outperform the horse either side of it. The same horse drawn wider, shouldn't feel as much pressure. Just a theory. Regardless, it looks like we've found some value bets. Thanks again for your efforts Bhagwan.

Thanks for your suggestions too Crash. Food for thought.

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