Re: Here We Go Again (672 Views)
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Date: September 01, 2005 05:01PM
IMO, all this "father of speed figures" stuff is silly. The first day I bought the DRF I was comparing the final times of horses at the same distance. I knew absolutely nothing, but it was an obvious place to start. I'd be willing to bet that people have been making basic speed figures since the very first day gambling on horses began. They just didn't publish their work. I remember reading Ray Talbout's book in the mid 70s (and it was a pretty old book then) and it had a parallel time chart for speed "and pace figure" calculations in it etc... Tom Ainsle had speed figure charts in his book from the 60s.
Along the way the process has clearly been refined and people have set aside comparative class handicapping in favor of numbers, but that's about it. Speed handicappers have been around since day 1. It's too obvious a place to start.
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