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Originally Posted by RolloTomasi
So if you don't care about figures, but you think Bernardini moved to soon, how do you decide who is the better horse, him or Invasor?
By the way, I'm a casual observer here, My selection, DAVID JUNIOR, PULLED UP TOO SOON.
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Experience. Intuition. There are just so many different 'types' of races. When you see how a given type tends to play out, you get a sense of who got the better setup.
I'm not claiming that Bernie blows Invasor away with a better trip. However, his trip was certainly at least ONE LENGTH worse than Invasor's.
I concede that figures are useful when they involve horses I don't know much about (haven't seen their races). They have no use, however, in cases where I've seen the horses over time. If I need a figure to tell me who the better of two good horses is OR how good a horse really is, then I really shouldn't be playing.