TGJB,

Please feel free to delete this if it crosses the line. I do think it's a suggestion you should at least consider though.

This is a general commentary.

The race in question was obviously different from the rest of the day. Everyone I know broke it out. It seems obvious to me that when a single race stands alone (as in this case) there's going to be some disagreement and concern about the quality of the figure. That goes quadruple if it's a lower quality race where the horse's figures are generally more volatile or a race where many horses might have moved forward or backwards. It's tough to project a figure like that off one race.

IMHO, the best way to serve customers is to make it clear to them that the figure is suspect - pending subsequent performaces that "might" shed further light on the issue. IMHO, the best way to do that is by "bolding" the type for the figure or doing something similar so it is easy to recognize "beforehand".

Absent that, at least Jerry is willing to discuss this issue with his customers in this forum prior to races. Personally, I think it's in the best interests of the more sophisticated users of the product (like a few on this board) to know about all figures like that ASAP regardless if they ultimately prove to be right or wrong. IMHO, the sophisticated players understand some of the complexities of the process and would rather be as informed as soon as possible.











Edited 3 time(s). Last edit at 07/28/2005 08:00PM by classhandicapper.