>Consider the contrary position. With all the improvements in training, nutrition, shoeing, medication (legal and otherwise) horses are NO faster than when Beyer starting making his figures 30 years ago.

Does that make ANY sense to anyone out there?<

Does it make any sense that 3yos used to be able to run a prep race between the Preaknes and the Belmont and finish off the season soundly after another 10 races and now after 5 or so races they are carted off in a wagon dead for the season?

I think both the breed and the training has changed. It doesn't make much sense to me that horses are not getting faster (especially sprinter/milers), but I find the rate we are seeing now on TG highly suspicious because I can identify things in the methodology that produce a "faster" bias.