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Originally Posted by blackthroatedwind
So let me get this straight, because David Jacobson also has suspicion improvements then it is OK, or reasonable, that Gary Contessa does? Nobody here suggested Contessa was the only trainer in America that has these unreasonable performances, I wish it was true, but since he was the magician du jour we were focusing on him.
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Not at all. In fact I believe I made it a point to not suggest this...What I am suggesting is that
in my opinion this was more of an 11-14 point move up, and considering this horses affinity for an off surface, and the visually impressive win over a field that didn't particularly care for it - the figure seemed ridiculously high.
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Originally Posted by blackthroatedwind
You say Missile Motor got an inflated figure. Based on what? Did you analyze the other horses' performances in the race or were you just trying to suggest that the improvement by Mr. Contessa couldn't possibly have been as outrageous as it was? A 104 would have seemed reasonable for this horse?
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I don't have anything more to base my
opinion on other than the replay and tomorrow's form. And the fact is that IANS was awarded a bsf 9 points lower going a 1/5 of a second faster at the same distance. I would love to find out what sort of bsf's MM was awarded in his previous 3 board hits over an off track. And furthermore my post was simply to point out an ironic observation that in the same race your point would have been more clearly served by a more flagrant example. Unless the point was to throw axes at Contessa, then it was spot on.