Re: B.C. Numbers (533 Views)
Posted by:
jimbo66 (IP Logged)
Date: November 05, 2004 09:20AM
Jerry,
A couple of comments/questions. Let me preface by saying I don't make figures and am not questioning the ones you posted, but they do raise a couple of questions.
1. In hindsight, betting against Ashado was a miserable idea (I did this and I guess so did you). According to your figures, she bounced 4 points and still won in a "laugher". Granted, she got a great trip, but with the rail post and paucity of speed in the race, that was a probability. I bet Tamwheel, because I thought she would save ground on the lead through soft fractions. How GREAT would Island Fashion have had to run to compete in this race from the outside? (a horse you liked and I also used on top in many tickets) I just find it hard to believe that Ashado won that easily running 4 points off her top.
2. The figure to Wilko strikes me as shocking. I think you said the track got faster as the day went on. The Juvenile race got a lousy number from Beyer (and Rags I am told), especially in comparison to the Juvy fillies. Logically, I expected the numbers to reflect that the race "fell apart", but instead you have Wilko going through the roof (for him)