| cmorioles |
04-13-2008 10:41 AM |
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Originally Posted by pick4
Beyer speed figures do not take into account the pace of the race. The only thing it takes into account is the final time. Then it is assigned a raw number based on the time. The next thing they do is add or subtract depending on what the variant was for the day. Sometimes when a time seems out of line the figure maker will use projection to give the race a number.
If the Beyer fig makers are still using the same speed rating chart as the one in Beyer on Speed, he time of 1:49 3/5 is 106. The final number was assigned a 103 so the variant was a -3 (about 2 lengths slow) , unless the fig maker gave the final number as a projected figure. Not knowing what the other races were assigned figurewise it is hard to tell if projection was used here.
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I know how Beyers are made. I doubt there are 10 people not part of the Beyer group that know more about them than I do.
Most times I agree with them, but this isn't one of those cases. The people making Beyer speed figures do look at pace when making the variant. They aren't using pars for the most part, so they try to figure out what the horses should have run based on history and the way the race set up. This is especially true of Randy Moss because in addition to making Beyers, he makes MOSS pace figures. He puts those pace figures alongside his Beyer number, though he does convert it to the same scale. That number you see next to Moss pace figures is the Beyer, just in a different format. |
