Re: Mark Hopkins interview (515 Views)
Posted by:
Lucy (IP Logged)
Date: August 24, 2004 02:58PM
I think what gets confused in these discussions, is the difference between raw data and analysis.
figs are meant to be raw data --- if you build in some kind of subjective analysis of which horse ran 'better' you end up w/something closer to timeform 'performance' figs.
these kind of figs are designed to measure the actual measurable quantities in a race --- distance, weight, time, and in the case of variant, an estimate to better quantify the time.
personally, I'd rather make my own handicapping decisions based on trips, or whatever, than have them insinuated into the #'s.