Re: dumb weighters ny post page3 (491 Views)
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miff (IP Logged)
Date: September 21, 2005 07:41PM
Chuck,
No one has been caught with the magic bullet yet so it's only suspicion. Having said that, I think guys are cheating. I get back to why we have not seen many more freakish performances in raw terms. There are certainly many very fast horses running all the time and it would seem if they are supposed to be 10 lengths faster(as Jerry feels)we would see 1:06's at 6f or 1:18's at 7f etc.It ain't happening.All I see is TG, Rags, Beyer and Brisnet disagreeing too widely and too often.
Jerry talks about the cushion being at 4in. now as opposed to 2.5in.years ago, but no one can say with certainty that tracks are slower although logically it should follow.Why I am suspect about the 4in. cushion thing is because during a recent period at Belmont the cushion was posted at 4in. for 8 consecutive racing days and raw times for similar runners on successive days varied by 5-7 lenghts.So what does a posted cushion of 4in. really mean??I guess wind, moisture, sun etc play havoc.
From the above, you could reason that the 2.5in cushion of years ago may have been all over the place also.Very unscientific this cushion thing.