Winning with Workouts

WINNING WITH WORKOUTS

APRIL 21, 2005

In this regular weekly feature, Handicapper's Report will present examples of

how to use workouts in your handicapping using actual results with horses

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Today's Topic: Look for signs of professionalism in workouts of young

stakes horses

Most stakes races on the road to the Kentucky Derby (G1) require the ability

to rate and take dirt in the face and finish strongly. These races are generally

filled with pretenders who have speed and distance limitations. To lay off that

speed and blast home will give a horse a nice advantage. Watch for the comments

in the workouts to give an indication of that kind of maturity in a horse.

On April 11 at Keeneland, BANDINI (Fusaichi Pegasus) worked with another Todd

Pletcher trainee and “…sat two behind early on and took dirt well before

finishing full of run down the lane in :23 flat for his final quarter…"

In the Blue Grass S. (G1) on April 16, he employed the same tactics, laying

off the speed and charging home to win by six lengths.