Miff-- you said with due respect, so I'll be nice. The different PROFESSIONAL figure makers are the equivalent of different NFL coaches, though some are much better than others. Those who are not pros do not have correct beaten length conversions, ground loss info, etc. (and some of the "pros" don't either, for that matter), or the experience and knowledge about how to treat them. CTC saying "not even close" about Beyer's work, under those circumstances, is insulting and annoying.

On the other, if those same horses had been running in a nw1x, I would have treated it exactly the same way. As you might have noticed, I've given out some big numbers in those races. If you haven't, wait til you see the number I'm going to end up giving Zito's horse today at Keenland.