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Originally Posted by Bill V.
Tim but no matter what the pace might have been
I think to be at 5 or less beaten lengths at the finish
shows that the horse was involved and handled the
pace of the race battle better than not
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And hanging onto such "rules" completely eliminates understanding just what happened in those races: was it a complete debacle or was there improvement hidden in that pace line?. You never know if you don't look and make assumptions about what some arbitrary beaten lengths might mean or may not mean. Overlooked data does not tell the entire tale particularly about form cycles: THE KEY to seeing which way a horse is heading (Thanks Mark Cramer and
Thoroughbred Cycles for enlightening me to ALWAYS look for them.)
The 6th at Philly today (10/15) is a good example of the 2 (first at over 12/1) and the 8 (much higher) running second. BOTH over the arbitrary limit. showed "hidden" improvement and are two of many many others.