Re: Questions about Figures (430 Views)
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jimbo66 (IP Logged)
Date: April 25, 2005 04:02PM
Jerry,
Wasn't questioning the LA Derby figure at all. I was asking what you thought of High Limit in the context of his "1" in the LA Derby and his "pairup" of "1" in the BlueGrass. I guess you answered that, it depends on a lot of things.
Saying the LA Derby was a "negative key" race for me, wasn't questioning the figure, it was just saying that the horses that ran there are not top calibre and haven't improved much since then. Fine, Sort it Out ran better twice since then. Will he be on many of your derby tickets?
I guess a number is a number for you and there is no such thing as a Key race or a negative key race. Unless you call a "key race" a race where Beyer and/or Ragozin got the figure wrong, in which case the horses coming out of it are either faster or slower than public perception of them!! This could be the case with Bandini this year. That 103 beyer looks slow but if he runs another -3.1, he will be tough to beat....