i have a friend who is a clever handicapper. just the other day he told me this tale
tom's got a "virtual" stable wherein he can store horses he's watching and be notified - by email - when they are next entered. he had been following a two year old - listed as a ridgeling [one undescended testicle] and was impressed with its early speed. he'd bet on it a couple of times but the youngster had folded when it hit the half mile mark. it was stored in his stable.
suddenly, one day, he got an email telling him the horse was entered to run in the near future - this time listed as a gelding. on a hunch that the problem the horse had as a two year old stemmed from that wayward testicle - now gone - he bet it up and down in the exactas.
the horse went off at 60-1.
it didn't win - but finished second to a horse that went off at 30-1. the exacta paid $1500 - for $2...i don't know how much he bet, but you get the idea.
there's more than one way to skin a cat if you're clever - and pay attention.
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