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| If all you are interested in is a ROM and high speed index find a trainer who runs at tracks known for high SIs. All tracks are not the same. I ran at a track in Texas not known for high SIs. I did very well financially, but a SI in the 80's was as fast as horse did. Sent horse to a different track and she ran way back in the field, but received a 106 SI. |
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Location: Four Corners Colorado | BMW - 2014-01-28 4:55 PM If all you are interested in is a ROM and high speed index find a trainer who runs at tracks known for high SIs. All tracks are not the same. I ran at a track in Texas not known for high SIs. I did very well financially, but a SI in the 80's was as fast as horse did. Sent horse to a different track and she ran way back in the field, but received a 106 SI.
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| equussynergy - 2014-01-29 12:46 PM
BMW - 2014-01-28 4:55 PM If all you are interested in is a ROM and high speed index find a trainer who runs at tracks known for high SIs. All tracks are not the same. I ran at a track in Texas not known for high SIs. I did very well financially, but a SI in the 80's was as fast as horse did. Sent horse to a different track and she ran way back in the field, but received a 106 SI.
Which tracks would those be?
Remington Park in Oklahoma is the one I'm most familiar with. I don't have race horses anymore, so can't help with any other tracks. |
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 Namesless in BHW
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Location: At the race track with Ah Dee Ohs | BMW - 2014-01-29 1:13 PM equussynergy - 2014-01-29 12:46 PM BMW - 2014-01-28 4:55 PM If all you are interested in is a ROM and high speed index find a trainer who runs at tracks known for high SIs. All tracks are not the same. I ran at a track in Texas not known for high SIs. I did very well financially, but a SI in the 80's was as fast as horse did. Sent horse to a different track and she ran way back in the field, but received a 106 SI. Which tracks would those be? Remington Park in Oklahoma is the one I'm most familiar with. I don't have race horses anymore, so can't help with any other tracks.
Will Rogers Downs is also know for some high SI |
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Location: Opelousas, LA | The track in Hobbs used to be known for crazy speed indexes when it first opened, not sure about now. We have run a 106 in LAD and not even won the race, hard track and a tail wind. We also broke the track record at Gillespie with a 115, and that record has since been broken at least once so I would say that track is one to run a high SI. |
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Location: NE Texas | Barnmom - 2014-01-29 1:55 PM The track in Hobbs used to be known for crazy speed indexes when it first opened, not sure about now. We have run a 106 in LAD and not even won the race, hard track and a tail wind. We also broke the track record at Gillespie with a 115, and that record has since been broken at least once so I would say that track is one to run a high SI.
My husband and I laugh all the time about Gillespie....."Where every horse is AAA or better"! LOL |
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Location: At the race track with Ah Dee Ohs | Herbie - 2014-01-29 3:11 PM Barnmom - 2014-01-29 1:55 PM The track in Hobbs used to be known for crazy speed indexes when it first opened, not sure about now. We have run a 106 in LAD and not even won the race, hard track and a tail wind. We also broke the track record at Gillespie with a 115, and that record has since been broken at least once so I would say that track is one to run a high SI. My husband and I laugh all the time about Gillespie....."Where every horse is AAA or better"! LOL
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Location: Somewhere between S@%&# stirrer and Saint | Being a May baby and hasn't had the foundation since last fall I would skip the 2 Y O year. It is far behind and the trainers almost already have their favorites and may have started speed works. But maybe your horse is a super star. Just weigh it out in your mind and the $$$ and talk to a race horse trainer. You don't want your horse pushed to soon and hurt. |
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Hog Tie My Mojo
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Location: Opelousas, LA | total performance - 2014-01-29 3:22 PM Herbie - 2014-01-29 3:11 PM Barnmom - 2014-01-29 1:55 PM The track in Hobbs used to be known for crazy speed indexes when it first opened, not sure about now. We have run a 106 in LAD and not even won the race, hard track and a tail wind. We also broke the track record at Gillespie with a 115, and that record has since been broken at least once so I would say that track is one to run a high SI. My husband and I laugh all the time about Gillespie....."Where every horse is AAA or better"! LOL
I know, it's crazy the SIs they run there. You have to run a 100+ sometimes to win a claimer with a $1500 purse. |
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Location: At the race track with Ah Dee Ohs | Barnmom - 2014-01-29 8:22 PM total performance - 2014-01-29 3:22 PM Herbie - 2014-01-29 3:11 PM Barnmom - 2014-01-29 1:55 PM The track in Hobbs used to be known for crazy speed indexes when it first opened, not sure about now. We have run a 106 in LAD and not even won the race, hard track and a tail wind. We also broke the track record at Gillespie with a 115, and that record has since been broken at least once so I would say that track is one to run a high SI. My husband and I laugh all the time about Gillespie....."Where every horse is AAA or better"! LOL
That's just nuts! |
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