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Originally Posted by KidCruz
How does Lord Nelson get a 99 and Shh-She's Ours gets a 100 (according to Brad Free) the next day stopping the clock at 1:07.75? Does anyone else agree with this? Way too much unnecessary subjectivity in my opinion. Aren't Beyer speed figures supposed to remove subjectivity? I simply don't believe the track changed that that much in than 24 hrs.
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These figures were very cut and dry. The variant on Saturday was a -32 and that's what gave Lord Nelson a 99 (his raw figure was a 131). The variant on Sunday, when the track was lightning fast was -39. That gave Shh She's Ours a 100. Her raw time was obviously a 139.
There was no appreciable slowdown or speed up of the track on either day. The Gold Cup, despite having a soft pace and a weak field, was a very fast race.