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Originally Posted by NTamm1215
You clearly have no idea how speed figures are made. By the way, I make the Golden Gate Beyers.
There is no visual element to a final time speed figure. Not one iota. IN fact, in situations where horses are "geared down" late the figures often suffer. That created a big problem in a race like last year's Awesome Again, where California Chrome was clearly slowed to a point where the final time was affected.
Synthetics are very tricky for figure making. While the speed of the surface is very consistent, they are highly dependent on pace. Could I have treated Kimberlea K's race different because it had a fast pace for the level? Sure, there's an argument to be made, but at 5fs, you are sure to get into trouble projecting speed figures based on 1/4 mile times.
The good thing about it is that she is a 2YO filly who was debuting, so there are ample opportunities for her to run and prove me wrong.
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I figured it was you based on your first response to me. And in the rest of my post I was agreeing with there being difficulties in making a figure for that type of race. I don't have an adequate answer for you regarding how I would have scored it, but that race was not below average.
I wasnt trying to insult you or anything like that but I really did expect a significantly higher number and was surprised by the number you came up with.