Re: Changing Track Speeds: A Derby Contender Case Study Perhaps (692 Views)
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P-Dub (IP Logged)
Date: February 13, 2006 08:57PM
NCT,
I do watch and thats not a bad analogy.
I respect Miff. He writes plenty of intelligent posts, has thought provoking things to say, and is obviously a knowledgeable racing fan. I have never made figs and don't pretend to know how.
My frustrations are not with whats being said, but the amount of dialogue involved. It just never stops, and some people are NEVER satisfied until they have the last word. You all know who you are.
Its always a good thing to question why things are. But when an answer is given to a question, that should be the end of it. Its not. Look at the length of this thread, it practically takes up the front page of the message board and involves mainly 3 authors with the sporadic comment from another person.
I come to this board to read about handicapping and hopefully improve my game, the occasional update on racing news, and the clever and funny comments from several of you. Lately, its as though people with another agenda (I don't know, maybe discrediting this products validity) are flooding the board. And the disappointing thing about it is that these people are obviously intelligent and can add so much to the discussion of handicapping races. Instead, they go on about the methodology of the product. Well guess what....MOST OF US DON'T CARE. Thats why we use TG. If we didn't like the product or if it didn't work for us, we wouldn't use it nor would we visit this site to read about it. The other site is such a complete waste of time, with among other things the childlike name calling, that its no wonder this is such a popular forum to express views.
About the ROTW I can recall from memory several nice wins, including the juicy 12-1 on Ticker Tape in the American Oaks and the same race the following year when Cesario romped and the next 3 finishers were the 3 fastest fig horses in the race (Super pd at least 1000+, similar to last year's Classic with the big fig horse winning and the next 3 fastest completing the Super for a 12k payout). I would think that providing an analysis with full sheets BEFORE a race would be something to be proud of, as I don't know of another fig provider that does this. This shows a certain level of confidence in the product to even do this regardless of the outcome. And for those that criticize this gesture........have they ever gone on record BEFORE a race and provided an analysis?? Or do they not have enough confidence in their product to go on record??