Winning with Workouts

WINNING WITH WORKOUTS

JANUARY 13

In this regular weekly feature, Handicapper’s Report will present examples of
how to use workouts in your handicapping using actual results with horses
featured in our reports. To access the HR reports and to see the highlights of
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Today’s Topic: Over a speed-biased track, recent workouts may give an
indication of trainer intent to steal a race.

Aqueduct had been promoting speed all week. On January 9 in the 6TH race,
METALLIC MOON (Migrating Moon), who used a stalking trip to break his maiden in
his previous race, had a recent workout in which he showed unusual speed
relative to all of his other previous works. That move indicated a potential
change in his running style on a track that would surely promote the change.
Metallic Moon took advantage of the situation to go virtually wire to wire at
$13.60.