Relativity ONCE AGAIN

[Tim Y]

I listen to our track handicapper go over each race for the patrons who congregate near the paddock each race day. A knowledgeable guy (his wife is the leading trainer) but he is STUCK in old school thinking of beaten lengths and class levels.

Case in point as he completely dismissed the 5/1 winner of this race with the comments "This one has not shown much as it made no move in two attempts." Made NO move? Of course it did RELATIVE to the very fast pace it ran against.

If I am the world's champion sprinter for 60 year olds and up and I race amongst the crowd who were in the finals of the hundred meters at the Beijing Olympics, OR, I contest the third grade elementary school track team, am I going to run any differently? NO, but RELATIVELY I will LOOK very different even though my run will be to the best of my ability at that distance.

Same here if you look at the POR this one ran against relative to THIS FIELD. NOT THE ONES BEFORE.