Excellent article on declining Beyer's of 3yo's

[Calzone Lord]

Originally Posted by Port Conway Lane

If Groupie Doll didn't run Saturday would the beyer number for the derby have been higher?

It would have been the same.

Beyer typically splits his sprints and routes. Race #1 was a sealed track -- but the other 3 routes including the Derby all had the same variant.

Even if he didn't -- Groupie Doll is just one horse on a card with 10 dirt races -- she's not going to impact anything much by herself.