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Originally Posted by cj
Of course it is being kept from bettors. It is available and not given. Tracks do publish run up distances, but they are not very accurate in many cases. They don't publish times at all.
Sure, both can be estimated, but the actual information is always better. Call me silly I guess, but that is what I'd prefer.
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Let me understand this, the DRF and its predecessor Equibase never published (and still don't) actual race distance run by each horse in the race; yet there is something called a "speedfigure" being determined and it is widely popular throughout the horseracing handicapping community.
To the best of my knowledge speed is the ratio between time and distance and without actual distance you do not have actually speed.
To further complicate matters, Equibase/DRF is giving race time results based on linear measurements.
Therefore from Equibase/DRF where is the actual distance information that is always better?
