Hi Punter 57, thanks for the great article..I like it.

there is another factor also..sometimes the owner, rather than the trainer, wants a horse to run at a certain meeting..not given a chance of winning but will be fun for the owner who plans on being at that particular meeting....

I lost count of the number of times that the longer priced stable runner cleaned up a big race in which the fave stablemate would fail...Trainers Bart Cummings and Colin Hayes are two campaigners who readily "spring" to mind...I always enjoyed listening to the after-race interviews to hear how the trainer would explain this "upset" result..LOL