Re: Beyer DRF Chat (424 Views)
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TGJB (IP Logged)
Date: June 03, 2004 03:46PM
Okay, we don't have to, my point was to show the way we (meaning TG specifically and other figure makers if they are on top of it) do and check the figures, the reasoning that goes into it. Of those 3, the Travers figure has held up (I guess) in that a lot of those horses came back to run that well or better, but it was definitely a judgement call-- short field, unusual distance, and there was an alternative (slower) way to do the race with it collapsing (due to the pace?). The Pa Derby (in our terms) has held up as well as figures (plural, field as a whole) can hold up. I agree there is doubt about the WVA race in terms of what the horses have done since-- last time I looked I liked it slightly better the way we did it, but far from rock solid. I definitely think that under the circumstances (sudden rainstorm) you have to cut the race loose, and consider it as a stand alone-- but that doesn't mean where we put it was right.
TGJB