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>Sis City: Oaks X<

I've seen 3 sets of figures from other sources and no one else had Sis City's race prior to this debacle much faster than her other recent races. It was mildly faster and not outside the range of what would be expected for a lightly raced improving filly. Yes she won by 10 lengths and that would make all the other horses very slow, but isn't interesting that so many disputed figures involve huge front running winners that put away their field. Before I could even dispute the reason for the sub par performance, I'd have to be convinced she actually ran as fast as suggested - which I am not either way - and won't be because I've looked at the race.

>MadCap Escapade: Distaff X<

Has had obvious physical problems for a long time. A subpar performance at any time would not be unexpected.

>Bellamy Road: Derby X<

There is a huge difference between wiring Grade 3 horses loose on the lead on a track that was kind to speed (unless you ran insane fractions) and running wide in a fast paced race against Grade 1 animals taking pot shots at you from everywhere at 10F.

The horse's "figure" may have been accurate, but the general assessment of his performance was very overrated and the probability of an off the board performance was wildly underrated - totally unrelated to bouncing. I think he ran fairly well in the Derby even though the "figure" will be slower.

>Bandini: Blue Grass Bungee Jump<

Bandini was dreadful. He was being passed by tired horses at one point. I can't explain this performance from a standard handicapping perspective. However, we should keep in mind that most people that didn't like him felt the BG was too slow, not too fast. I didn't agree, but maybe I was wrong about that race. I think we need to see what tests show about his condition.