AW to dirt/dirt to AW

[derrick24948]

Relative novice horseplayer new to the community here. I've only seriously been looking at races for about a year. I'm sure this has likely been discussed in depth at some point in the past, but what are folks thoughts on horses moving from AW to dirt and vice versa? If the horse has been running on AW in most or all of its recent races, will you consider those pacelines when assessing its chances on dirt today? Do you not consider the AW form representative at all? Something in between?


This seems to be a particular issue at the start of some meets. For example, right now with Belterra starting there are many horses coming from TP and Mvr. The hodgepodge mix of AW and dirt pace lines are hard to make sense of. I feel like you hear/read a lot more of comparison between AW and turf, particularly for routes, but I'm still pretty jammed up when it comes to comparing dirt and AW.


I used the function to search the site and read a few older posts, but I didn't really see the question answered directly. I know it's a huge topic and one difficult to answer with more than the classic, "It depends," but I appreciate any help!