Re: Cathryn Sophia (645 Views)
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TGJB (IP Logged)
Date: April 25, 2016 02:41PM
I don't disagree with a lot of what you said about CS and figuring out what variables matter there is a real big part of handicapping the Oaks. I do disagree with the idea that her running badly that day automatically means she can't get the distance, that there is necessarily cause and effect.
I don't hold with much of what you heard across the street, their absolutism is silly. I don't toss out all non-sheet handicapping ideas, I don't mind them being discussed here as long as they don't dominate the conversation or are complete nonsense ("class"). And there are some (Maggie) who clearly have an eye and can see things I can't, I want to know what they say.
But the two things that matter here are that performance can be measured (at least in terms of certain metrics which are indisputable, like distance traveled), and form is not a constant. A horse is not a 6. A performance is a 6.