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Every serious handicapper should probably spend at least a couple of years trying to make their own figures (even for a single circuit) and then comparing them to other sources. Going through that process and discussing the issues with other figure makers would help. It would move people away from making definitive statements about the merits of certain horses based heavily on figures alone and pretty much eliminate all the criticisms of the figure makers. IMO, both would be a positive development.
All the big name figure makers are VERY smart people working their butts off, but it's the nature of figure making that a lot of subjective opinions creep into the figures on top of all the complexities of wind, run up, track maintenance, pace, weather, figure drift, rails, etc.. That means there will be mistakes.
If you keep your expectations reasonable, you'll have less to complain about.
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Last edited by classhandicapper; 06-29-2018 at 09:13 AM.
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