Re: HOW FAST are horses getting faster (569 Views)
Posted by:
miff (IP Logged)
Date: May 31, 2005 04:57PM
Jimbo said
"How many people can actually accept that Northern Stag at equal weights, beats Smarty Jones by 3 lengths, if they each run their best race? Not to mention trouncing Cigar, Skip Away and that generation by 10+ lengths.
Jim,
In fairness to the Northern Stag fig, you will see, over time, that wet fast race tracks can produce ridiculous figs which I have found to be:
1.Accurate on future wet tracks only.
2.Total throw out figs when evaluating the same horse on a dry surface.
I believe the figure makers have not yet "mastered" the manner in which to calculate wet fast tracks/variants. I think they may be missing just how forgiving that type of surface is to certain runners.
miff