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Originally Posted by classhandicapper
The one thing I've grown to appreciate more about race watching is that you can visually see how hard a horse is being used and that can be more important than the time. In years past I focused more on the fractions and where horses raced relative to a fast/slow/average pace. Now I focus more on the individual horses and how hard they were being used. What's comfortable for one can be way too fast for another within the same race and you can see it.
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Always watch the jocks. That will tell you everything about the natural ability of a horse. If you want to go a little deeper than that, watch how horses react to each other.
