miff Wrote:
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> Mike D,
>
> I totally agree.Thats was not my point. The race
> was kinda ordinary. My point was that he ran
> substantially better than Sight who got a better
> fig. Anyone with a little racing knowledge of
> trips/pace knows that.
>
> Mike


do all horses that run on the pace run "better" than their figure, and all who lay back run "worse"? Mike, Nobiz ran up front on a :23, :47 pace. nothing unusual. Sight closed into the :23, :47 pace. nothing unusual. Nobiz ran exactly as his figure would suggest, as did Sightseeing.

i have no problem upgrading or downgrading a fig (considering it better or worse) when a horse goes too fast early, and another picks up weak pieces late. the '07 Wood deserves no such adjustment.