"Of course they do. They are all looking at Sharp Azteca's 1 mile time and comparing that time to their 1 mile pars and adjusting their variants. If they looked at both horses 7fs, they'd be nearly identical, with TG having Cat Red a little faster for the extra ground loss"

Sek,

There is some useful data out there which show quit lines/deceleration in races. Applied to the two horses in question, both would have run very close to the same figure at 7f.

Mike