tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8560898823512627114.post2361030476074839777..comments2024-02-01T00:37:24.768-05:00Comments on PTP: Fig OverloadPull the Pockethttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05082676049275768769noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8560898823512627114.post-15138287532235721152012-05-24T13:20:38.187-04:002012-05-24T13:20:38.187-04:00You must have read the Jerardi column in the DRF. ...You must have read the Jerardi column in the DRF. If I was a DRF user I'd be insulted. It was condescending, misleading and a masterwork in sophistry. The idea that speed figures are "scientific" and that they are based on "mathmematics"....it's really laughable. They have fallen down a hole trying to make them more than they are. They are a handicapping tool, nothing more. Their worth is determined at the windows, nowhere else. Because of that fact and their ubiquity their value now is considerably less than it once was. They do not define relative historic greatness and they are far from the ultimate measure of a horse's ability. You cited some good examples. <br />Synthetics have played havoc with the paradigm, as well. That's been apparent since the 2007 Blue Grass. It's a little sad, but also very amusing watching the DRF/Speed Figure complex so desperately defend the things.kylenoreply@blogger.com