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Originally Posted by reckless
Hi Clores:
I rarely play Phila Park because I feel those numbers are simply silly. I know that track better than my wife's first name since I moved my tack there 17 years ago and there are multiple reasons why I feel the numbers are a joke. The recent numbers are just an extension of a multi-year debacle.
I used Phase 3 and TPR numbers this past winter while I was nudging toward RDSS two months ago, and I sensed a 'problem' at the Big A inner track this past season as well, and I am not even considering the short fields, a separate problem. It was very inconsistent IMO as well, Clore.
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I started off on the Inner Dirt track doing very well, Christmas came early for me.
Then they went on a break for 10 days or so and it was not the same for me afterward. There were a few days here and there where my rankings worked, but even with extensive track modeling, I ended up pretty much sitting out the last month.
That I blame on the new track crew rather than the numbers, but it was too much of an abhorrence from the days when the EPR figs would predict the outcome with almost pinpoint accuracy.
The short fields may have played into that also, making it easier for the Silky Sullivan types to navigate traffic. I've been playing that course since the day it opened, and even recall that the first winner on the surface was a horse named Rare Joel. I've never seen such a 180 in all of my racing days.