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Originally Posted by Kasept

If you have a chance, listen to Darryl Vienna and Bobby Frankel from Monday night's "At the Races" about the way the track is playing, or rather how the jocks are riding it. They both said that riders are using the "Keeneland" method where no one goes fast early and they all try to rally late. This synthetic phenomenon skews the speed figures.

I know this, thats my point, when you see these figures of horses at Santa Anita you cant really judge them based on them like you would other dirt horses because they are very arbitrary. There is a whole lot of guessing going on.