15th May 2005, 12:58 PM
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Trainers do have unique ways of doing things, and by going back over hundereds of horses, a pattern does emerge. Most trainers do it pretty similar, but one or two have unique patterns.
Bart Cummings for example, will send his horses out, even if they're not performing, just to get the miles into their legs and strip fitter. He will often give them a giant rise in class and then drop them back in class the next run and again the next.
A classic case is El Mirada.
El Mirada went from the G1 AAMI Stradbroke where he did nothing, to 14 days later the Group 111 Mercedes-Benz where he won, and again he was dropped in class to a Listed another 14 days later where he won again. Then he stayed at G3 level but never won that preparation again.
This is not an anomoly with the horse, Bart does this a lot. And you can get great value if you can pick it.
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