The Derby figure

[golfer]

Originally Posted by Indian Charlie

So, according to the link from Golfer, California Chrome is in a multi horse tie for best TG Derby figure in the history of TG, circa 1981 or 1982??

No. The Negative numbers are faster. The scale doesn't stop at zero.

[Calzone Lord]

Here's an example of the occasional pitfalls associated with the "facts"

Aqueduct April 12th Race 6:
Trakus Time: 1:22.24
Official Time: 1:23.50

Aqueduct April 12th Race 8:
Trakus Time: 1:21.97
Official Time: 1:22.01


As you can see...

http://www.nyra.com/aqueduct/videos/...0140412/6/pan/

The clock malfunctioned during the running of Race 6. Now, because of the tricky camera angle, seven furlong races are among the very hardest to "hand-time" -- so I won't be too critical of the lousy job by whoever hand-timed the 6th race.

Anyway, 1:22.28 (The Trackus time, plus 0.04) would be the proper final time to use for Race #6 in order to get it in harmony with Race 8.

In other words, the 1:23.50 "official" final time, that is in the past performances and result charts, is garbage.

This stuff happens a whole lot more at some places, than others. For every one time it happens on the NYRA circuit, it happens a lot more frequently at some cheaper tracks. There are some cheap tracks that were a pleasure. Emerald Downs had almost no timing problems and good chart callers. But, than you have places like Penn National and especially Evangeline Downs -- where screw-ups happen all the time. The chart callers at Golden Gate were the sloppiest I encountered, in regard to simply reporting the correct final time.