Re: Questions about Figures (401 Views)
Posted by:
TGJB (IP Logged)
Date: April 25, 2005 01:45PM
We gave out a dead rail on BG day, those horses on the rail didn't run at all (take a look at the three routes we posted a couple of days ago). Bandini was actually in the 4 path, HL 3, CA 2 and 23, SK 432, 234-- only Mr Sword was on the rail in that race. He will be interesting coming back.
Miff-- I'm saying you can look at later races for the whole field, not just the winner, since the relationships between the horses are fixed-- if you add to Bandini you have to add to the others. I look at later figures when I review a race (we all do), but I won't be reviewing this one-- all the routes were the same, and there is no other way to do the BG that makes any sense at all. Look at it this way-- if Bandini was not in the race, would you really want to have NO horses in a GI at least pair their top?
As an aside, this is EXACTLTY the situation I faced with War Emblem's race BEFORE the Ill Derby-- give him the big one, or have the race totally collapse? I gave it to him, and nobody else did-- it looked pretty good when he won the Ill Derby, and better when he won the Derby. Which is not to say Bandini will necessarily do the same-- Balto Star did not.
TGJB