Class Handicapper--
Okay, that's three times. You seem to have a theory as to why it SHOULD help. But if you have any EVIDENCE that a fast pace improves the FIGURES of closers, present it please. Or, as I said, give us examples where it will happen in advance. Otherwise we are back to mystical handicapping theories like class.

What we try to do here is measure the things that can be measured. I would also point out that since you haven't spent a lot of time using sophisticated figures that incorprate ground loss, you are left judging by who WINS races, and how the closers fare on other figures that don't factor in wide trips in bunched up fields due to slow paces.

Beyond that, Jim stole my thunder with the previous post.


TGJB