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Originally Posted by jay68802
On Feb 24th there were two 7.5f, 16,000 claiming races on the turf. One was run in 1:29.9, This horse won in 1:28 and got a 78 Beyer. The 2 mile races on that day were run in 1:36.1 and 136.8. The 3 in this race won the faster of the two and got a 87 Beyer. If I figure this correctly the 7 should have earned a Beyer in the range of 88 to 92 and not a 78.
I'm with you on this horse, looking at the figures, up in class and distance, he is a stretch. But but being bet to 7/5 in the last dump? That is something else.
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This kind of stuff just does not work at Gulfstream due to the wildly varying run ups used for the same distance races on the same day nearly every day.
Comparing any raw times there is pure folly. Maybe trying to make figures there on turf is as well for a variety of reasons. The timer, the bogus listed distances, the wide range of run ups from virtually none to as much as two football fields, using two or three different rail settings each day, etc, etc.
