Saw the fractions when I watched the races, yes, yes, don't know or care and it obviouly would be different for horses running zero's than horses running 25's. Incidentally, it nets out the same whether you view the track as changing or that it was a "pace" race-- you have to do it at a different variant either way, as we do for slow pace races all the time. And no, this does not mean I think we should be giving out quit figures, although you are certainly free to do so.

Should the fillies who came from off the pace be treated as though they were racing over a faster track, one the same speed as for the Gen. George? If so they will get really slow numbers, out of character with their histories. This is the biggest difference conceptually between hot/slow paced races-- when there is a really slow pace, ALL the horses are running slowly.

Kraven, who until recently used Ragozin numbers, had some interesting comments in an e-mail to me about how those slow pace races are screwing up Rags turf numbers, and he may want to get involved in this discussion. Or, he may not.



TGJB