CH ran pretty damn well today. The TG # from her last race held up well. I was skeptical at first, but it sure looks better to me now.
although the race looked a lot better when I saw the final time of 1:21.24 at the track. looking at the chart now, I guess they were wrong and the final time was 1:22.24. still, not a bad performance (but a very slow last eighth).
It\'s tough for me to comment on this (at least in terms of our numbers vs. Ragozin\'s) since I don\'t know what they gave the horses (which is why Friedman wouldn\'t give out the figures). Anybody see Ragozin\'s Dubai sheets, and know what they gave Xtra Heat and My Cousin Matt last time out?
But yes, the way the filly ran yesterday at Aqu is a small piece of evidence that it was right to cut the race loose from the previous one (actually, the My Cousin Matt race had to be cut loose at least as much relative to the rest of the day). To bad Xtra Heat didn\'t get to run.
TGJB,
how much of an advantage did the wind give them yesterday going 7f? looks like exactly 1f longer with the wind than against it. maybe a length or two?
I haven\'t seen the work on the day yet, but judging from how fast the fractions were in the sprints that sounds ballpark.