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Not Helpful

(FRI) January 23rd, 2026

8:50 p.m. And the barriers are drawn. The horses that caught my attention all drew good posts, respectively. That means I can't delete any of them because of the posts they drew. Not helpful, not helpful at all, grrrr.

I don't think the pace would be tight, but the horses that are likely to go up front drew inner posts, so the horses could spread into lengthwise formation during the race. When the form of the horces become lengthwise, it gets harder for outer post starters to keep up with the speed, let alone take over the horses running ahead of them. Therefore, I'm afraid it won't be easy for Faust Rasen to sweep up to the top unless there's a track bias that advantages horses running the outer part of the course. Same goes for Douradores, though the jockey is more reliable, not to mention.

As the race is going to be run on Course C following last week, we'll just have to wait until tomorrow's races are run to see whether there are any track biases appearing or not.

The End

Caterpillar

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