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Originally Posted by dilanesp
That's slippery.
Obviously Beyer says he is only measuring the performance, not how the figure was earned.
But he also says that his figures are the single most important handicapping factor, the way, the truth, and the light, etc. And he specifically argues that you can compare horses' figures where they finish way back to other horses' winning figures. And he dismisses the "not perservered with" reasoning and ignores the "sucked in" issue.
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Come on, he said that a LONG time ago and clearly doesn't handicap as if that is true any longer. He has written several books since that should make this crystal clear.
