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Originally Posted by herkhorse
Why does Sierra Sunset get a 99 for his win in the Rebel, while Eight Belles only gets a 91 for her win in the Honneybee the next day? The times were identical 1:43 4/5
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Check out the charts for all of the races on both days and you will see that the times were faster on average for Sunday's card. The class level was slightly higher for Sunday but there were a few comparable maiden and claiming races.
The beyer #'s save me time from having to tediously fetter through the charts but it's a good practice to check them when #'s appear to be extremely high or low.
One race of note is the last race Sunday where the second place finisher was 8 lengths clear of the field and the time for 6 furlongs was faster than any of the others for both days. The 9th race Saturday had a similar level of competition and was run 1 1/5 seconds slower.