Special
Topics/Unfamiliar Situations
WHAT IS STANDARD
Formful,
and predictable in thoroughbred racing is routinely countermanded by
the exceptional. To every general principle, broad guideline, and basic
method, an opposite logic applies such that the game's loyal practitioners
can be confounded and seemingly disabused by the numerous exceptions
to the rules.
Furthermore, in everyday application, the principles, guidelines, and
methods of effective handicapping interact in fantastical patterns,
such that nuances, subtleties, and variations continually intrude. Opposite
logics do apply. Speed wins, speed loses, class wins, class loses, pace
wins, pace loses, same track, same day, and nothing is the same.In this
section, recreational handicappers are exposed to several of modern
racing's subtlest complexities and blatant contradictions. The material
deals with special topics and unfamiliar situations that racing fans
experience as confusing or altogether elusive.
