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Originally Posted by Thoroughbred Fan
First, the numbers can and are adjusted all the time for races in the past. See Magical Ride who was given like a 102 for one of her first races. Now I think they have that race down to like 83 or something. Same race, same guys determining the figure. She was very good that day or so they thought. Subsequently neither her or any of that field have done much, so the number has been adjusted down. A number is just a number.
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T/F,
The number isn't just a number though.. The numbers relate to the numbers earned by the other runners in the race and those numbers are intrinsicly related to the other races and the numbers earned in those events.. Figures are not arbitrary. They are 'made' as part of the picture of how the race track ran during the day.
Cmorioles can address a lot of this.. BTW too.. Scav as well..
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