Andy Beyer

[Hickory Hill Hoff]

Originally Posted by blackthroatedwind

Wow, this is quite a post.

Yes, speed figures are the best available way to determine surprising form reversal. This should be obvious.

Whether or not this is a " slow time of the year in racing, " and some would disagree even with this, Andy Beyer is retired and hardly needed to write this, or any, column. Many would argue that he has earned the right to write about anything he deems relevent....whenever he wishes.

You say it can't help the sport? Did you think this one through? I guess you subscribe to the old " head in the sand " approach to problems. Many of us don't.

Well.....I was waiting for this, thought it would come sooner.

If his speed figures are the "bible" of the sport, then this horse should be a "superstar" and it's good to know he's retired, but when you write columns like this one and accuse the trainers he mention of wrong doing, you better have the evidence. I guess he can write about anything he wants, but isn't the first rule in writing that you get ALL the facts first, before making statements? If what he thinks is true, then make all the trainers mention be accountable. My head is not in the sand, but you and Mr. Beyer seem to have "pull' in the sport, now do something about it. Would you like it if someone accuse you of something without getting your side of the story first?