Re: Ghostzapper (427 Views)
Date: September 14, 2004 03:53PM
JoeB,
I know I repeat myself a lot, but here goes.
I never have and never would use pace figures to try to determine how a race might develop.
Horses rate. So their pace figures generally tell you very little about how fast they "could" run early if pressed or allowed to by their jockies.
When trying to determine how the race might develop, I am much more interested in a horse's running style, the consistency of that style, the quality of the horses early speed types have been outsprinting, the horse's versatility and the jockey's tendencies.
The only thing I use pace figures for is to help evaluate prior performances. I want to know if the horss recent final figures were hindered or helped by the pace scenarios in its races.
Post Edited (09-14-04 15:55)