Re: Just For The Hell Of It (412 Views)
Date: December 10, 2004 09:53AM
Miff,
To put your mind at rest, even if there is a bias in the TG figs that is the making figures get faster faster than the horses are improving (assumimg they are improving at all and there is any bias), that bias is moving at such a slow rate it will have no effect on your handicapping at all. Fortunately, handicappers aren't required to compare horses that ran years ago with horses that ran a few days ago. In most cases all the relevant information comes from the last 12 months (usually less). That's not long enough for any small bias to have an impact. This is more an issue of intellectual curiosity about the abilities of horses now vs. past generations than it is about handicapping.
Post Edited (12-10-04 10:09)