Thank you ! I hope it has helped you see things more clearly.
I had to laugh when I saw you said that the shippers were from the south only because I would assume that there aren't very many from the north side of Assiniboia. I absolutely know what you mean though.
I would have to ask you , where do the shippers typically come from? Or are they from many different tracks?
I ask because there can be several different answers depending on where most of these shippers come from.
When I was training in Md., every winter a couple of outfits would come down from Woodbine and spend a few months. They would both do the same thing each year. They would aggressively enter their claiming horses and they would claim a few in return to replace the ones they lost via the claim box, but they would also actively try and buy horses privately while there more so than claim. After a year or two, I figured it out. They had run there stock hard during the summer while in Canada and where looking to rotate there stock but more importantly, the dollar exchange was in there favor, so, they were picking up 20-25% value in the money they collected via the claim box. Simply put, they were doing better on paper than it might have looked in the racing form. If indeed that imbalance still exists, that could be why you see new blood from American tracks, especially if there is a trainer and owner change involved. That represents an outright sale.
Because your track runs 2,500 claimers and lower levels, when they just are not good enough to compete at Canterbury or Woodbine, going there makes sense. It is really no different than when a horse could no longer compete in NY., they go to Md. or when they can't do it in Md. they go to Charles Town. The lower levels of n/w of 2 ,n/w of 3 are very easily won by shippers dropping down from 5,000 I would assume. Once they win those two though, at least 1/2 of them are probably finished winning. That would be typical.
Under "any other interesting things to note" , Maybe this will help.
Leading Jockeys at Assiniboia Downs Starting Date: 05/05/2013
Ending Date: 07/20/2013
Name |
Starts |
1st |
2nd |
3rd |
Earnings |
Paul M. Nolan |
187 |
42 |
38 |
23 |
$364,610 |
Jennifer Reid |
204 |
34 |
36 |
35 |
$316,878 |
Adolfo A. Morales |
127 |
33 |
14 |
20 |
$293,255 |
Christopher Husbands |
196 |
31 |
37 |
36 |
$358,260 |
Tyrone Nelson |
151 |
23 |
24 |
16 |
$232,527 |
Trevor Simpson |
152 |
22 |
16 |
22 |
$193,825 |
Adrian B. Ramos |
120 |
19 |
17 |
12 |
$178,540 |
Renaldo Cumberbatch |
85 |
13 |
12 |
10 |
$94,664 |
Tori Gandia |
124 |
12 |
17 |
19 |
$113,072 |
Janine E. Smith |
55 |
10 |
14 |
14 |
$91,087 |
Skyler Whiteshield |
74 |
7 |
5 |
10 |
$61,002 |
Chavion Chow |
56 |
4 |
5 |
5 |
$43,663 |
Clint Magera |
49 |
3 |
5 |
5 |
$32,134 |
Larry Munoz |
38 |
2 |
1 |
4 |
$18,061 |
Jordan K. Olesiak |
3 |
2 |
0 |
1 |
$32,220 |
Marcus Swiontek |
44 |
1 |
7 |
13 |
$28,294 |
Jerry Pruitt |
55 |
1 |
7 |
8 |
$33,128 |
Jose M. Rivera, Jr. |
45 |
1 |
5 |
7 |
$26,028 |
Hilario Estrella |
15 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
$1,254 |
Here is the jockeys list for that meet. If you bet to win or any exotics within the win structure and IF you had thrown out the bottom 4 jockeys blindly, so far this year you would have tossed out 159 horses from the win slot and only lost 3 times. Now, I have no idea if all 4 of these jocks are always near the bottom but I would assume they are. Also, they are probably not as bad as there record might indicate, or maybe they are, but at this point there mounts are probably only going to decline in ability from here out. However, the jock named Marcus is hitting 3rd at a 30% clip. I will assume that his mounts are typically 10-1 or more, and if so, wouldn't it make sense to eliminate those jocks, and him from a win bet but certainly consider them maybe 2nd and certainly consider Marcus 3rd in a triple or super? I sure would. Little things like that can help construct a ticket that might involve more horses because you have less horses on top. Of course, like anything, it can bite you in the butt doing it that way, but you know that going in and if it helps you hit a triple or super that plays 12-20 times more than the exotic that paid out with one less horse in it within the same race ( like the exacta pays 50.00 but the triple pays 700.00) , it is well worth it.
Do note that I do not discredit this guy Marcus at all. On the contrary, this guy is trying his heart out to get the trainer and owner every penny he can and that speaks volumes in my book. Conversely, look at the leading rider. His 3rd place rate is terrible, and that is not all that uncommon for leading riders. Looks like he is 1,2 or nowhere over 85% of the time. That is another thing to consider if playing exotics. Maybe leave the guy off the ticket in the 3rd spot at 4-5, if you dare. It might just create a bombs away payoff for you.
I hope these things continue to help you and do answer my question about where the shippers come from. That answer will help me better understand what is going on there in regards to shippers and I will follow up.
Good luck.