Lots of interesting similarities and differences, and when we post the pre derby sheets after I do the Lexington figures next Tue or so we can all look at them. But one thing I've noticed in looking at the Rag figures for all the Derby preps (they can be found in the Thoroughbred Times, which still calls Ragozin the "father of speed figures"-- wonder why Jake or Friedman haven't corrected them on that, since they know that Donaldson, for one, preceded him by at least 30 years with sophisticated figures)-- they have finally corrected the systemic problem they had with the sprint/route relationships in Southern California.

Those who were here last spring remember that I pointed out the obvious (and ridiculous) bad numbers they were giving out, especially going long-- if you go into the archives on this board for last April you can find my post with an extensive list of them just at the major stake level. Clearly, Len went back and ran the same kind of broad check that we do, and found that what I had pointed out was true-- they had a 3 to 4 point error in their sprint/route relationship. It looks like they have now fixed it (say thank you, those of you who use Rag figures), and I wonder whether they corrected the back figures as well.



TGJB