fog and figures

[brokerstip]

A couple of questions regarding yesterday\'s Pick 6:

1) In race 5 (1st leg) the eventual winner had a Racing Form line that said \"Fog\". You had it as a 14 1/2 I believe.
Are the spotters positioned on track to ascertain position or was the \"fog\" really not all that bad and the head-on replays picked up all the horses?
( I singled the 4 with the 8 as the backup on what was already an $960 solo ticket).

2) The Brice horse in Race 7---Think I recall his sheet had him edging forward to a 9 3/4 or 9 1/2. Obvious speed so, and I realize this is hindsighting the race, would you give this horse a bit of credit for the probability of getting the \'golden rail\' thus not losing points or lengths for being wide?  

(He was my other miss which cost me the Pick 4 as well).

My purpose is review past races to see what types of patterns etc. that actually won versus the types I used that failed.

Thanks for any input.

Bob

[TGJB]

On fog days, our trackmen watch head-ons and do the best they can. If we have to guess about some or all the horses in a race we use the notation for approximate ground, which is that the path designation on the sheet is in italics, not bold faced.

Yes, lone speed horses who figure to save ground can be given a point (give or take) advantage when handicapping a race.