Re: Wind Adjustments? (620 Views)
Posted by:
TGJB (IP Logged)
Date: November 06, 2005 07:30PM
Miff-- While the horses eventually will run back, it's an entirely different thing to present the races (and the day) as a whole, where everyone can get an overall idea of what you did, especially when the horse's previous figures are fresh in everyone's mind.
The secrecy is because if their customers see that Borrego "earned" as good or better a figure for running 10th by 10 as he did for winning the Gold Cup by a block, they might finally begin to get the picture, since I have been calling their attention to it. To say nothing of the other horses out of the Gold Cup ALL jumping forward maybe 10 points or so (off the top of my head), and a few interior problems on the day, like the Distaff figures vs. the Classic, etc.
As for why their customers aren't pressing them for it, there's this line at the end of On The Waterfront-- something like "I was ratting on myself all them years..."
Edited 1 time(s). Last edit at 11/06/2005 07:31PM by TGJB.