Lawyer Ron's Time

[Sightseek]

Originally Posted by Cardus

From Len Friedman, synonymous with the Ragozin Sheets and longtime speaker at its Kentucky Derby and Breeders' Cup seminars:

"Much ado about nothing. Just another instance of whenever something happens that doesn't correspond to what someone thought was 'likely' to happen, there must be some mistake. As is the case much more often than not, the time was the time and Lawyer Ron (who had a stong overall positive condition pattern) moved to a new level. The amount of the jumpup was significant, but certainly much less than many other horses have done.What caught everyone's eye was that the jumpup came from a horse who already had run at the "0" level [a very strong Sheets number, comparable to a "-2" on TG]. The work on the day isn't complete yet, but the final figure may not be out of line with Ghostzapper's best, which the Ghost ran several times. [I think his best was a "-4".] Lawyer Ron also ran a 2 1/2 January 3yo (one of the best route numbers ever run at that time of a horse's career), so development like this is not unexpected. And I'm sure, as others have noted, that it didn't hurt to have TAP in his corner."

I haven't rechecked Ragozin's site to see the figure yet, nor do I know the Thorograph number. This is interesting analysis.

Very interesting, thanks.