Re: Einstein (470 Views)
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TGJB (IP Logged)
Date: April 13, 2005 07:11PM
CH-- I have no opinion about what AA will do, although why Ritchey is working him so hard is beyond me. I think I'm doing a great job of ignoring both you and Friedman, although the provocation in the latter case is extreme.
From the "Ragozin Insider" in last week's Thoroughbred Times (Free Ragozin figures! And "Insider", as in only the thousands of subscribers to that publication and their friends get all the figures run by the top 3yos a few days after they run them): after giving out HF's 4 1/2, they say Noble Causeway "also ran a 4 1/2 largely because he rallied five-wide on the final turn". As previously discussed, watch the replay yourselves to see where NC was, and whether they should get the same figure.
Now, that article came out a week after the race, and 4 days after I had made an issue of it here, publicly. Meaning, the Ragozin camp made a conscious decision to leave their customers with bad numbers rather than admit a mistake-- that's their story, and they're sticking to it. Again. So tell me again about those 1/2 point condition moves, and why anyone is supposed to believe anything coming from that source.
Okay, I didn't ignore Friedman. So what. At least I'm not going after that unbelievable post defending half point accuracy by talking about averages. For now, anyway-- I printed it out and might tear it up if I have too much coffee some time.
Right now I'm going on vacation.
TGJB