Re: Kela's BC Trip (505 Views)
Posted by:
TGJB (IP Logged)
Date: December 11, 2004 06:13PM
Michael, let me make this perfectly clear-- I was in the Ragozin office for 9 years, some of it working there, and some having a desk there when I ran a stable and bet for a living. FOR SURE, unless there has been an EXTREME change in Len's thinking, they DO NOT adjust figures for a horse running slowly in the rearly stages. They only do so if the horse LEAVES THE GATE AFTER THE OTHER HORSES. The theory is that you would be measuring his actual time for the distance once he is running that way. I do it differently, for reasons I have discussed here.
Clockstopper left the gate with the field. Razzle, since you made the snide comment, why don't you go to NTRA.com and take a look at the replay. You will see that there is no doubt about it, and why we have multiple trackmen look at it. I won't hold my breath waiting for an apology.
So Michael, the right phrasing would have been, that they would assign him that figure if they had him wider, or incorrectly had him off poorly (a lot, to cause that big a difference).
Look, this is business as usual. Friedman is not answering the questions, and the cult members not only don't care, they blast those who ask. WE'RE TALKING ABOUT THE BREEDER'S CUP AND DERBY, FELLAS. WAKE UP.
TGJB