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Originally Posted by Light
I believe the first commercially published speed figs were not Beyers or the DRF. They were speed figs published by the old Racing Times. In 1992 The DRF bought the Racing Times and as a result started commercially publishing Beyer speed ratings that same year. This was obviously done to combat the popularity that the Racing Times had with their speed figures. My point is that the move by Beyer to have his speed figures commercially published came about due to the competition from the Racing Times.It was a business move, not a handicapping God saving horse players as you portray him.
IMO,the Racing Times did much more for the everyday average handicapper than Beyer ever did.It forced the hand of the DRF to make major changes and additions sorely needed for the survival of the horse player.
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You are wrong, my friend,
The speed figures that the Racing Times published were the very same Beyer figures later published by the DRF.
And nowhere do I portray Beyer as "The handicapping God who came to save the horseplayers".
I am just giving the man his due...which is something that you, yourself, are incapable of doing...under ANY circumstance...
