For starters, quoting someone else's figures is not underlying "data", especially when they don't take into account weight and ground, as I said-- Soto was carrying 15 pounds less than TMW, which is 3 TG points, 10 Beyer points. The Beyer figures (and those like them) are very good for the money, which is to say free for 5 tracks when you buy pp's, but they can only be used to get a general idea of how fast a race is.

We're going to attach sheets for the W. Va. race, and if you look in the RBR you will see how Dynever fit with the Meadowlands field, especially with Volponi not firing.

Again, feel free to give opinions before the fact. Retro-fitting selected examples and tying them to BELIEFS loaded with assumptions (like Dynaver running badly at Pha based on where he finished and your BELIEFS about other horses, like the idea that we would think TMW would repeat the Travers # next time out) is meaningless.



TGJB