Would be neat to see this technology applied to racing

[Merlinsky]

Originally Posted by The Indomitable DrugS

Rachel Alexandra VS Blame going 9fs last year.

They both ran the distance on the same track same day last year. RA in the Flur De Lis and Blame in the Foster.






Rachel Alexandra opens up a 12 length lead over Blame after a half mile.

She's still in front of Blame by 12 lengths after six furlong - Gomez better make his move. He's being too patient.

Rachel Alexandra's in front by 8.5 with one furlong to go - Borel isn't moving a muscle.

Blame turns it on late - but RA wins by a diminishing 3.5 lengths.

Interesting way to compare, I agree. I always felt they made a mistake not taking her to the Stephen Foster. I think RA's underrated in terms of what she could've accomplished if handled differently, but oh well. It's done. Does this technology necessarily adjust for how Blame might've been handled had she been in the race? It wouldn't really account for a change in tactics/strategy unless I'm missing something. Rather than let her run as she should've been allowed to all season, they might've held RA back even more, trying so hard to rate and save her to the point that they squashed her natural gifts even more than they did against the girls.