On the Ragozin board, someone asked about the differences between their BC numbers and ours. In reply, Friedman said \"It\'s hard to conclude much from limited samplings. I\'m not sure what use these kind of comparisons are for handicapping and I hope that we can stay away from any extended discussion of this.\"
1-- We put all the data up for free in the Red Board Room, daily. That\'s what you call an UNLIMITED sampling. There is no reason Ragozin could not do the same thing. The reason Friedman gave before (fear of piracy) is bogus-- first of all there is no indication it is going on, but even so we have ours set up so that the data can\'t be stored or manipulated, just viewed on the screen. Len, if you want to know how to do that, call Paul (the guy you fired).
2-- Handicapping is worth no more than the accuracy of the data it is based upon. That\'s the use of these kind of comparisons-- they address the most basic handicapping question of all.
3-- You are right, you hope we can stay away from an extended discussion of this. On an unrelated subject, at the biggest hardcopy sales site in the country we have now caught up with Ragozin in number of sets sold, and at the one that is the second or third biggest we are now outselling them.
Don\'t underestimate the role of the foreign turf numbers in your sales. I had dinner Friday night in Kentucky with a successful young trainer who has become almost like a son to me since he moved here from England and married someone who was already very close to me. Since he has trained in both places, I asked his advice on which of the two sets of sheets my girlfriend and I that we should rely on, and he said Thorograph\'s read on the foreign horses was much better. He scolded us for also buying a local tip called The Professor, but that\'s another story.