Some Saturday Beyer Figures

[Bobby Fischer]

Originally Posted by snipersb23

It is a 100% accurate Beyer figure. Beyer figures (on dirt) don't take into account slow paces and bad trips. They reflect only the final time.

Originally Posted by Kasept

T/S,

Meaning what? These aren't subjective assignments... Indian Blessing ran that much fast than Pyro a half hour earlier (1/5 second x @2 pts. x 5 = 10 pts.). The figs couldn't appear more 'accurate' based on the comparison of the two races, those finishing behind the two winners, the overall card, etc..

There was far too much information produced in Saturday's Fair Grounds races to suggest that the fig for Pyro is inaccurate.. Pyro doesn't exist in a vacuum and figure making while sometimes an art, remains mostly a science.

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 The Risen Star, 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,pyro,etc.. 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.