I hope Randy ": Akiinsrr" can give us the exact quote from Doc.
As far as layoff horses
I used the 1 horse, who was off of 222 days
Please note, the workouts! I include in my model the workout notations
Desert Storm is being primed for this race and was the top 2 VDC. Normally I avoid long layoff horses because at SA the percentages are so small for winning
