Weekend Stakes Beyers

[my miss storm cat]

I have two questions... the one I want to ask every week and never do and now something else.

I'm not understanding the TBD here. I mean I know what it stands for but why is it even there? What exactly is it that needs to be determined days after the race?

Originally Posted by Kasept

FG Letellier Memorial S: Good Deed TBD (85) (Broken Vow) S. Margolis/C. Lanerie

The question I always want to ask is this... obviously Mr. Beyer hasn't been around for the hundred and some odd years that drf has.

What did they use before Beyer? Was there just no such thing as speed figures (maybe I should know this but I don't. Did he come up with them or refine and improve them)?