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Originally Posted by the_fat_man
What were their Beyers in the 5.5F races and what were the Beyers yesterday?
Surely, you can't believe that those races were for real? Fastus Cactus only won by 2.4 lengths and D'big Cat by 4.75 lengths. Who was behind them and why are their connections wasting time running them on turf?
Is it a methodological issue or a JUICE issue? Maybe Fastus Cactus is a STAKE horse on DIRT (and a relative plug on Poly and turf.)
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They may have been a tad high, but it's hardly the huge inflation you're implying. The bolded makes no sense, you realize there can be more than one MTO in these races, right?
Devilish Due, who ran a 77 (not out of character) in running second to D'bigcat, was an MTO like D'bigcat was. Especially considering what Rudy's been capable of, the 90 for D'bigcat makes plenty of sense. Again, he ran well yesterday considering he clearly doesn't want to go a step beyond six furlongs. I don't know what the Beyer was, I'd guess in the low 80s.
Fastus Cactus' number is the more questionable one, but again, he beat an MTO in My Golden Opinion, who was 6+ clear of third and ran a 94. I didn't buy that number because I don't think MGO is capable of that at this point in his career and it made me take a stand against FC. However, like I said, considering FC completely blew the turn, we can't know whether or not he could've run close to the 101. My guess is no, but he was taken out of the race.