Weekend Beyers: Blind Luck 104; Sidney's 100; AmLion 98

[The Indomitable DrugS]

Originally Posted by cmorioles

The winner of the 3rd was given a 61 after recording 54, 65, 67 his last three, 54 most recent.

Yeah - and a 74, 70, and 74 in his 3 starts before that.

So, in victory, he was lengths slower than in five of his last 6 races. The 54 was when well beaten on a sloppy sealed track.

Everyone else in that field also went backwards. Some severly.

Originally Posted by cmorioles

The winner of the 4th was given a 57 after running seven straight races between 53 and 64.

Four of his last five races were between 61 and 64 - and his last was a 63. He won by 2+ lengths at 5/2 but still ran a couple lengths worse than normal.

Originally Posted by cmorioles

The winner of the 5th was given a 75 after running his career high, a 74, in his previous race. This was start number 17.

Yes - a 3/1 shot winner improved over his last race by one point when he was beaten a couple lengths at the same class level.

Originally Posted by cmorioles

The winner of the 9th was given a 92 after his last 3 of 51, 82, 89. He did come off a layoff and had some nice 100+ back numbers. The runner up will get an 88, a lifetime top in career start number 19.

Yeah the winner had obviously returned to ok form ... but he also had a four race stretch of 100, 101, 106, and 99 last year. The 9/1 shot who ran 2nd ran 2 points faster than last time .. and a lot of beaten horses made big backward moves.

Originally Posted by cmorioles

Again, all used the same variant, including the Illinois Derby.

It seems like 1 point was shaved off of the ILL Derby... and since it was longer than those other races and involved more running into head-wind .. shouldn't it be the other way if any?