Hopkins is certainly entitled to his opinion even if it is both biased and inaccurate.

Finding LIVE LONGSHOTS is much easier using TG than Beyer simply because of the ground loss and weight-carried calculation. Horses can be getting much faster numbers on TG because the ground loss and weight is factored in but probably not reflected on the tote because most of the betting public doesn't have this data.

Where else but on TG can a horse with back-to-back 80 Beyers be just as competiive with horses who have run in the low 90's. If someone wants me to concede that a 110 Beyer is just as reliable and therefore useful as a Neg 2 on TG, then you can have that. But it is the hidden numbers that in the Long Run prove more profitable.

With Beyer numbers what you see is what you get, nothing more. Thats why they are virtually free to begin with.