Yeah, I read that too. It made me want to ask him the same kind of question I asked LF at the Expo-- I'm not asking you whether your Kee 2yo numbers are great ("I guess we should give back the money we've made betting"). I'm asking how you came up with the figure.

This should not be interpreted as a knock against Cardello overall-- his columns definitely are adding to the public's understanding of figures and their use. But this was the only 2 turn race on the card, with the track changing speed on the figures of anyone who is not a blind dogmatic, and I would love to hear how they decided on that figure. I started by giving RA a pair of his top, and that put the field about where you wanted them-- only the winner with a new top, SJ backing up some, the rest running off races. There's no way to claim this as a rock solid figure, but it feels about right, and all other scenarios felt much worse.



TGJB