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Originally Posted by RichieP
(Fwiw I personally think Jim was trying to "help" the horse by changing fractions to see if he could matchup with the 3 who I believe his mind already saw as the winner as soon as he glanced the pp's)
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I have worked a couple of cards of races with Hat before they ran. The most humbling of experiences man.
Jim - " Ok Rich let's do the first race. Tell me who you see and why"
Rich - " Ok Jim let me look. Looks like the 2 runs early. projecting him off a 22.2"
10 seconds later:
Jim - " I have my horse Rich"
Rich - " WHAT? I just started looking Jim"
Jim - " I have my horse Rich.
Rich - "Are you serious?"
What's the point?
Jim makes virtually instantaneous decisions picking his horse. He "sees" the winner right away. Then spends a few seconds looking at the others to see if he might have missed something.
Without actually knowing I KNOW when he wrote that thing about changing the horses 1st fraction that was his "minds eye" writing that. That's what he does all the time in his head. Change fractions to help horses or clear up a picture about a race or horse.
He was trying to beat the 3 who he saw as the winner at first pass through the race. He wrote what what his mind did.