Re: California Beyers (438 Views)
Posted by:
TGJB (IP Logged)
Date: March 04, 2005 06:04PM
On dirt, they have indeed been dreadful, and more importantly, thin. That was the thinking behind the purchase of 5yo Even The Score-- he was maybe the 40th best older male dirt horse east of the Rockies, but we sent him to California where as a 6yo he won two GIIs, and was favored for the GI Hollywood Gold Cup, which he would have won if not for a wide trip.
Take a look at how few horses that had been running in California were even entered in the BC dirt races, and where they finished on average. Take a look at the horses that won the big 3yo stakes in California, and how they ran against Eastern 3yos. Most importantly, look at how the figures we assigned horses for all those races and others held up.
This is not to say all California divisions are weak-- the turf horses are strong, as are the current 3yo fillies. But if you think Declan's Moon and Roman Ruler really ran the figures Beyer gave them at DMR, if you think Lost In The Fog ran 3 lengths better at Turf Paradise than Gulfstream, if you think Hot Storm ran the best race of her life by many lengths at SA, if you think RHT and Imperialism ran 109 at SA last time, think again. I mean, doesn't it seem a little weird to you that those last two get all their best figures in California?
TGJB