Re: Questions about Figures (468 Views)
Posted by:
TGJB (IP Logged)
Date: April 25, 2005 03:14PM
Why do you assume a horse has to finish well to get a good figure? The theory on this stuff has always been that if they use energy early in a race they don't have it late, and vice versa-- if he had gone a more realistic 1:11:3 (still very fast over that track), he would have looked a lot better through the stretch to finish in the same time.
By the way, I was sitting at the same table as Kimmel watching the race. Afterward, I said "came home slow" He said, "Are you kidding? They've been coming home in 16 over this track". Exaggeration, but you get the point.
My point is that it's not about pretty pairs or ugly pairs or about the way the races look-- it's about the data. You can't find another way to work with that race that makes more sense, even without the surrounding races tying in, which they do.
TGJB