Changing Track Speeds: A Derby Contender Case Study Perhaps (1252 Views)
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Silver Charm (IP Logged)
Date: February 11, 2006 08:18AM
Could someone please explain what if anything happened at Santa Anita on Feb 4th. Bob and John in the 4th race ran an identical time as High Limit did in the Strub. However according to Beyer, High Limit received a Best Year-to-Date North American route figure of 109 while Bob and John got the same thing Judge Smells in Caddy Shack gave Spalding, "You'll get nothing and like it". Obviously Beyer thinks the Track changed speed somewhere mid-day.
Bob and John may or may not be a major Derby contender, a figure identical to High Limits at one mile and one eighth this early would stamp him as the horse to beat. A few years ago some had Smarty Jones fast, some slow.
Has history repeated itself again.........