Originally Posted by
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Yes, I was able to see the pp's.
So here is my question. I see the number he ran last out as a 71. Well beaten 12 lengths at Tampa in what I have to assume as the 8th race on a Wednesday, 12 days ago, was the feature race. Please correct me if I'm wrong. It was a optional claiming 75k n/w of 1 straight 3 year olds. In other words, it was written to be a pretty nice race quality wise ( I assume).
The only other turf race that day was an open F&M 10k claimer going a mile. Do they use mile turf and compare it to 5/8ths turf for number pars if those are the only 2 turf races that day?
I ask because I saw that the mile turf race went very slow early like 24 and 3, then 49 ( so 24 and 2 ), 1:13 which is 12 and 2 and 12 and 3 but they ran the last 1/8th in 12 and 1 as well as the last 1/4 in 24 and 2. So the race finished faster than it started . To look at the final time, you would think it was a poor race but the way they finished says to me, that somebody walked the dog on the lead and the time , while looking slow, was not nearly as bad as it might otherwise be.
Now, when I look at the raw time of the race in question, it does not seem crazy fast, but not knowing Tampa, maybe it is. It would be interesting to see how that 5/8th turf race arrived at a par, in order to see how it arrived at the Beyer. If they used the mile race, the par is off. If not, No clue how they arrived at a number with there only being one 5/8th's turf race. The horse in question got the highest Beyer in his last 4 races while losing by the most lengths of the last 4 races. That seems weird.
It would be interesting to know what I am asking because if you remember, I wrote in here, years ago I think, about how horses were getting very low beyers when the first started coming out, at CharlesTown on Tuesdays and Wednesdays not because of the slowness of the track, but because the slowness of the horses. The lack of quality of horses on the card made the track seem slow. With that , we could figure out which beyer was way off according to if they ran on a Tuesday or Wednesday or a Friday and a Saturday when the track was maybe a tad quicker but the quality of horse was waaay better. I think I remember you saying you read what I wrote about that but I'm not sure. Bottom line was, the Beyer was only as good as the person working at CharlesTown and it sure wasn't Andy. I thought Beyer corrected that after several years. Not sure at all about Tampa's situation though.
Anyway, let me know if you recall that old post and if you know the answer to my questions, let me know.
Like, IS that 5/8th's time crazy fast that allowed for the high Beyer?
And DO they use other distances as pars when there are only 2 turf races and the distances are drastically different ?
As for 135-1, after seeing some of the horses win or run very well down there with the form they show, anything is possible in Florida. Lol.
As for the primer race, it all depends on how the pars get set up with only one race at the distance. That is very important in my mind.