I just got done talking to two top people at Equibase (and by the way, whom did you e-mail, and who answered you)? They don't gather the information themselves, they buy the data from the photo-finish companies, and are going to talk to them and ask a whole list of questions I gave them. I am supposed to be getting the answers by early next week, and will give you the answers then.

I will say this-- a couple of months ago we saw a race where the lengths printed did not match up with what was printed in the chart (I was paying close attention because the horse in question was a Graph Racing horse). I called Equibase to have them check it, and they did, and published a correction. I said, look guys, we need to know this is not happening regularly. So they set up a system of spot checks, and they say that so far everything has matched up within a small margin of error.

More to follow when I get more.



Edited 1 time(s). Last edit at 06/08/2005 03:43PM by TGJB.