DJofSD
04-04-2007, 11:13 AM
Two threads prompted me to take a look in Wikipedia for what had been created in the repository about handicapping and T'bred racing -- people, horses, places, handicapping, etc.
While there was entries for horses like Sunday Silence and Barbaro and the more notable racing venues, there definitely seemed to be a dearth of entries about the people. Sure, there's entries for Bob Baffert and Charley Whittingham but those are sparsed compared to the aforementioned entries.
And the handicappers, system designers, the luminaries like Huey Mahl, forget about it! Yes, Andy Beyer is there but I would have expected a bit more about him and the speed figures.
So, while we might not all agree with each other about people like Mahl, Sartin, Purdy and others, these people who were instrumental in the current state of T'bred handicapping have nothing to document their contributions.
While there was entries for horses like Sunday Silence and Barbaro and the more notable racing venues, there definitely seemed to be a dearth of entries about the people. Sure, there's entries for Bob Baffert and Charley Whittingham but those are sparsed compared to the aforementioned entries.
And the handicappers, system designers, the luminaries like Huey Mahl, forget about it! Yes, Andy Beyer is there but I would have expected a bit more about him and the speed figures.
So, while we might not all agree with each other about people like Mahl, Sartin, Purdy and others, these people who were instrumental in the current state of T'bred handicapping have nothing to document their contributions.