Jerry or Allan,
This post is not a criticism, although it may sound like it, but bear with me. I often look at the redboard room analysis to look at how one of you handicapped a card that I bet on. Sometimes it gives me some insights as to something I may have missed, sometimes not. Often you guys have similar losers that I did.
Anyway, as I have noticed, it is pretty rare for you have an A- selection, almost \"very rare\". There are some B+ selections, but A- is tougher to come by.
Well, in the context of the recent Synthetic vs Dirt issues we have brought up on the board and how we factor that into handicapping, I am wondering how somebody gave REgal RAnsom an A- selection yesterday at Santa Anita. What was the thinking? He had one race, albeit fast, on Dirt, then was shipping west to run on poly, where he had never run and most of the competitors had run. Additionally, we have talked about how the figures are more compact on poly, so the \"2\" on dirt, doesn\'t equal a \"2\" on poly.
Anyway, not redboarding the bad pick, just trying to understand why it was made, especially in light of the problems with form transferring from one surface to another.
