Furious Pete Wrote:
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> A tough nut this one without a doubt, having
> watched Mubtaahij win in Dubai I think that's the
> one figure here that really is troublesome for
> me.. How can it be that this 8th-place in the
> Kentucky Derby, beaten 9 and a half lengths
> despite saving a lot more ground than the winner,
> be almost as good a race as that victory on the
> world cup day? Then again the top 5's figures and
> new lines seems reasonable enough.. If it was me
> making these figures I would probably have it 1
> point slower.
On this comparison the most logical thing to do is remove Mubtaahij from consideration. I believe they finally put real dirt back in over there in Dubai, (Meydan), and the times Mubtaahij ran there in his 1 3/16th races were not inspiring.
The logical thing to do is score the other Derby horses and then calculate his figure off the American horses. I'm pretty sure that's how TGJB's guys would do it. Just ignore his Meydan numbers.