Re: B.C. Numbers (487 Views)
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TGJB (IP Logged)
Date: November 07, 2004 01:38PM
Michael, you're welcome. You know, another point to keep in mind relates to what Miff said below-- drugs are a fact of life in this game, and the only way to handle them in your figures is to give them better ones, since from a practical point of view we have to be able to compare horses to each other, and don't get a drug-beaten-length allowance. The addition of lasix, steroids and other drugs have made a big difference (in the case of steroids, not just with horses), and that doesn't even count direct performance enhancers, the effects of which we all have to deal with as handicappers when horses change hands. Does this make them "better horses"? No. Does it make them run faster? Try betting against them.
I actually was contacted by both the Thoroughbred Times and Thoroughbred Daily News on the subject of horses getting faster in the last couple of days, and the articles should be appearing soon.
TGJB