8/28 (SAR): Travers Day

[The Indomitable DrugS]

Originally Posted by the_fat_man

No speed bias help last out for these 2? How does either even sniff the wire on a fair track going 10F?

No, there was no speed bias on Jim Dandy day in my opinion.

If there was, it would only further help Fly Down.. but I don't believe there was.

The only wire-to-wire winner on dirt that day was a longshot - but he won his only other dirt start despite getting involved in an absolutely destructive no holds barred speed duel with a horse who was eased after five furlongs and came right back to run three markedly improved races.

Looking at the other races - a few of them I bet that day - I didn't see anything resembling a speed bias.

[the_fat_man]

Originally Posted by The Indomitable DrugS

No, there was no speed bias on Jim Dandy day in my opinion.

Six 9F races run @ SAR 7/30, 31 & 8/01

7/30 -- was that clown race won by Persistently, where the jocks played knockouts with each other and the last move won --- we'll throw this one out

7/31 --

R2 --- the Admiral Alex race goes 3-4-1 around the track but the top 3 were within 2 length of the lead at all times

R7 -- Arcodoro wires @ huge odds. the 3rd horse was 3rd, < 3 lengths back the 1st 3 calls.

R9 -- Jim Dandy goes 2-1 (essentially a duel around the track), with nothing running late

8/01

R8 -- CUrlin stakes --- Winslow HOmer goes wire to wire in a pronounced wipeout, that went 1-2 around the track

R9 -- Ruffian -- 1-2 around the track

Now, some of these results might make good sense in terms of the setups/pace but it also appears that there was a 2-turn bias on those days.

I don't want the Jim Dandy horses back. That much is clear.