Re: California Beyers (507 Views)
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Chuckles_the_Clown2 (IP Logged)
Date: March 06, 2005 01:06PM
TGJB wrote:
> CH-- This race will probably come up about neg 2 or 3, which
> actually would be around Beyer 109. But you do agree this was a
> better effort than the Strub-- I assume.
>
> RHT ran well, but let's be realistic, guys. Figures aside, as I
> pointed out before the race, all the horses in the race save
> one had proven to be far short of top quality when racing
> against the East Coast horses, and the one good one did not
> fire.
I'm not gonna smart mouth RHT just now. I may bet against him, but that was a legitimate effort. It certainly wasn't two going front end wire to wire in Sally Schoolgirl fractions.
I do have to agree it wasn't the best Big Cap field I've ever seen. So much of figures has to do with the extrapolations of wide but breaking this race down it would be very hard to accept Newtops from other than RHT and Grand Reward. It was possible for a negative 1 or even a Zero at the distance to win this with these guys.
I certainly don't think Congrats ran a negative 2. Congrats has been a distance shy horse until this last race.
Obviously, I'll defer to TGraph on the final figure. It was a good race. Its hard to say it was a great one. It wasn't a great field.
Wait til Ghost and Rim have to face a real pace issue.
One other thing. If a Beyer is a 120 (they do show up occasionally) what is the TFig?. about a negative 8-10 I think.
CtC
Post Edited (03-06-05 13:13)