Imagele raises a question that has given me a lot of difficulty over the years.

do you look to barriers 1-8 for a good chance or do you look to barrier 1 - 20 which includes the whole field and all the problems that go with.
there is a lot of luck in racing and I think that if I cant pick the barrier 16 horse that wins it is just another race in which I will back the loser.
and then only if I have a horse that I think can win from barrier 1 -8.
spreading ourselves too far is a big problem in racing.
betting against luck is a big ask.

but further over the past recent times I have commented that many horses (favored) are hooked back early from wide barriers. Is it that they have conced they cannot win from the barrier. Its a good question and I was inferring that perhaps showbiz kid and blood n bone answered it.

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laurie