Weekend Stakes Beyers

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Originally Posted by 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?



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)?

I think Steve usually posts these on Monday and the TBD'S are from the Sunday stakes in most cases and just haven't been published yet.

People who did their own figures before Beyer's were published had a big advantage. Before Beyer's I don't believe there were reliable speed figures in the DRF.