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Originally Posted by LoneF
Exactly .... I use speed figures as a piece of the puzzle but they are hardly the only thing I use. For example if going strictly off of speed numbers than one would use the highly inflated SA Derby figures and come to the conclusion that Core Beliefs who was a well beaten also ran in the SA Derby was more impressive than Magnum Moon was in romping home in the Arkansas Derby against a much deeper field than the SA derby had.
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First. using the number or figure for a horse that is well beaten is not a sound practice, no matter how you use it. I agree that the figures in the SA Derby might be high, but are not "highly inflated". For Bris figures I am using 109 and 106 for that race, and only for the top 2, all the other horse's that ran is almost a wild guess. As for Magnum Moon's finish, drifting home might be a better way to describe it, at least it was not lugging home.
