1- I did the figure the same way I always do, and there are tons of posts on this site explaining what that way is. In this particular case the track was getting faster throughout the card, and I added MUCH more to the Blue Grass than the earlier routes-- if I had done it with the earlier races I would given much BETTER numbers, with at least the first two finishers getting huge negatives. Go look at the charts for the day, and see how slow the times of the routes are.

2- As it happens, Beyer did exactly what I did-- we had Peace Rules pairing his La Derby figure, Beyer had him going from 105 to 104. 10 Beyer points = 3 TG or Rag points, so the difference was a fraction of a TG point, which is offset by the horse carrying 1 pound more in the Bluegrass (Beyer figures don't incorporate weight). Also, as it happens, the Bluegrass was one of the few Derby preps that Ragozin had the same as us-- his figures run about 3 points higher, and he had the figure 3 1/2 points higher.

There are plenty of Derby prep numbers to discuss, and I'll be getting into some of them next week, but the Bluegrass is not one of them.



TGJB