I was very skeptical of his chances in the TVG Pacific Classic. Afterwards, I have to say I couldn\'t be more impressed. He reminds me completely of Storm Cat. I wonder what number he got in the PC--a neg 3 or neg 4??? The scary thing is he was geared down with his ears up looking for something else to do. How he could accelerate like he did in a mile and a quarter race and still have that much left is really amazing. What limits does this guy have???
Not to get too technical about this but the upshot is Shared Belief\'s figure isn\'t quite that good, or as good as the Beyer. Part of that has to do with the way figures are made-- you use all the horses in the race, and in this case they were all older, and carrying a lot more weight. Andy doesn\'t use weight, and did the race off the others (as he should have), forcing him to give SB an inflated figure.
Haven\'t done the Travers yet but WS will get the best figure, and at least as good as Shared Belief.
Kinda curious why everyone is giving the Classic to the 3yos... this is a Thoro-Graph board, no?