Re: Vicious Victor (345 Views)
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Saddlecloth (IP Logged)
Date: April 25, 2005 06:06PM
I guess the stats say that about relations to other riders, what they dont say is if that has any affect on anything (why is valdivia 10% meet after meet, or is he really 5% and gets it up to 10% cause of the ground saving trips with bad horses?).
I would agree being clear on the rail is better then being clear 3 wide, especially going two turns, but do that stats break that out? That was my point. Each event needs to be evaluated to make the determination.
Ground loss is a very overrated factor, a factor, but not a be all end all, especially at the highest levels, IMHO.
Caradoc wrote:
> And therefore what? The TG stats don’t measure only the past
> few months at SA so I have no idea how Douglas rode (in terms
> of paths) during that period. It may sometimes be better to be
> clear while three-wide than stopped on the fence, but I’ll
> guarantee you this much: it’s better to be in the clear on the
> rail than it is to be in the clear in the three-path. The TG
> stats reveal that, over a large sampling, some jockeys just
> refuse to save ground relative to other riders, regardless of
> what is happening in a race.
Post Edited (04-25-05 18:07)
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