02-11-2008, 10:47 AM
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Belmont Park
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Join Date: Sep 2007
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Originally Posted by Bobby Fischer
100% correct.
A beyer speed figure is an adjusted final time.
It does not tell you anything else about the race shape, or the quality of the specific animal, or the quality of the race.
Invasor in his prime could have run in that race and he probably gets "only" a 92 or 94 beyer for holding off a Pyro charge. Either that or the "art" takes a greater role and Invasor awarded a higher beyer in line with projections and justified by a greater variant, and then Grasshopper and Indian Blessing get even higher figures...
Even a superior horse will score beyers that are subject to the race shape, if their style is to be rated to win the race, and not pushed to beat the clock.
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