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Originally Posted by RichieP
If the saying " 80% of the races are won by 20% of the trainers" is true does that have any influence?
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Rich
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I'd say the 80/20 rule probably holds true for trainers. It applies to most areas of human endeavor. In almost any field you find, 20% of the paticipants have 80% of the talent.
Training is not really rocket science though. You feed your horse, you exercise your horse and you call the vet when it's sick. Its done by millions of people all over the world.
The 'good' trainers know how to place their stock, and they tend to have better stock. That doesn't mean that other 'less talented' trainers don't win races every day, and at much better prices than the 'good' trainers.
Our friend Eric Penicka has done real well using trainer stats on the Ohio circuit, but he's been watching them for years. He even published a book and a newsletter about it at one time. He has valuable information on the trainers that most people don't have. He'd be crazy NOT to take that information into account when using Validator.
I know very little about trainers on the other hand. Outside of a little general information about well known trainers, I know what the Trackmaster data files tell me. I would be crazy TO take that information into account when using Validator.
Like most things, its situational.
Dick...