Closers getting a setup in the Belmont

[slotdirt]

Funny Cide had a streak of like 15 straight races with 100+ Beyers in those days despite winning only occasionally. Were horses really that much faster in those days?

[Calzone Lord]

Originally Posted by slotdirt

Funny Cide had a streak of like 15 straight races with 100+ Beyers in those days despite winning only occasionally. Were horses really that much faster in those days?

Subtract 5 points from those numbers if you want to compare them with todays -- that's about how much the class pars have changed since at all levels.

[alysheba4]

did beyer give a number to bet twice in 87 ?

[Calzone Lord]

Originally Posted by alysheba4

did beyer give a number to bet twice in 87 ?

1991 was when they first started being published in the DRF.