Re: Lawyer Ron Track Record Verified (693 Views)
Posted by:
Bally Ache (IP Logged)
Date: July 30, 2007 08:39PM
The fact is, his previous race at Mth, even though he didn't get up, was VERY good. NYers, as provincial a bunch as you'll find anywhere, might tend to see only that he lost out of town.
Additionally, those making public speed figures, if they hope to have any objectivity and credibility, must be very chary about changing a number days after the race (as was done last winter at Aqu). You can't simply say, well, that horse can't run that fast, therefore he didn't. Summer Doldrums, the horse in question then, has since proven to be a pretty nice horse, albeit on grass.
Or, if you do, then it's tantamount to a tacit admission that it's all just opinion to begin with.