Beyers..... I Just Dont Understand Them

[ManilaRose]

Others on here know more about this than I do but factors such as wind, track depth etc go into them I believe. Maybe one track has a fast surface and one tracks surface is really slow, if a horse at each track were to run the same time at the same distance the horse that ran on the slow track will get the higher #. Although Discreet Cat did get a 116 which is a very good Beyer the track was fast that day. The fact that he was in hand doesn't matter. I look at them as a tool to handicap and nothing else. You certainly shouldn't use them alone. Hopefully this helps a bit.

[blackthroatedwind]

Wind in itself is NOT factored in except in that it may affect the variant.

As DrugS said.....read his books. They're the best handicapping books out there as far as entertaining reading and information and EVERYBODY who is betting their money is foolish not to at least read " Picking Winners ".