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    <title>Speed figure pioneer Len Ragozin dies</title>
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    <dc:creator>jnchapel</dc:creator><description><![CDATA["Len was a trailblazer," said Andy Beyer, whose popular speed figures are included in Daily Racing Form past performances. "He created a really strong following for his philosophy of the game. He made speed figures, we make speed figures, other people make speed figures. What was unique about him was the concept that you could look at pattern of numbers on a page and foretell a horse's form cycle. Most notable was his bounce theory."]]></description>
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    <title>American Pharoah's numbers add up to success</title>
    <dc:date>2015-07-30T11:11:27+00:00</dc:date>
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    <dc:creator>jnchapel</dc:creator><description><![CDATA["Since the crackdown on steroids and other things horses can no longer run on, it's made racing different and affected the numbers we've seen in the last few 3-year-old classics. They're slower," said Friedman, touching on the mediocre 7-1/4 California Chrome ran while winning last year's Kentucky Derby. "There were a few others with one outstanding number like Big Brown or Monarchos [a minus-1/4 in the 2001 Kentucky Derby] who ran faster than American Pharoah, but they did not put together three big efforts like he did. They were finished, in terms of development, after that one big effort. You have give American Pharoah credit for that. He was fortunate that his weakest race in the Triple Crown was in the slop [a 6 ½ in the Preakness] and he didn't have to run that fast to win that race. Also no one popped up with a big number out of nowhere to beat him in the other races."]]></description>
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    <title>TimeformUS speed figures for the journey to the Triple Crown 2011-2015</title>
    <dc:date>2015-02-27T01:21:12+00:00</dc:date>
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    <dc:creator>jnchapel</dc:creator><description><![CDATA[Excellent reference.]]></description>
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    <dc:date>2014-05-09T00:52:24+00:00</dc:date>
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    <dc:creator>jnchapel</dc:creator><description><![CDATA["The Ragozin Sheets [gave] him a 7 ¼, the slowest number since Cannonade earned an 8 in 1974."]]></description>
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    <dc:date>2014-05-08T13:35:43+00:00</dc:date>
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    <dc:creator>jnchapel</dc:creator><description><![CDATA["... the bigger story here is we believe the wind and maintenance and distance (more impact from the wind at that time of day) combined to make the final time seem even slower than it really was. California Chrome may not have broken any records, but his TimeformUS Speed Figure suggests his Derby was stronger than some may think. As for what that means for his Preakness chances, we’ll not jump to any conclusions just yet. We’ll save it for another post."]]></description>
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    <title>The Triple Crown: Does it even matter now?</title>
    <dc:date>2014-05-07T10:59:55+00:00</dc:date>
    <link>http://www.thoroughbreddailynews.com/shared_content.cfm?The_Triple_Crown_Does_it_Even_Matter_Now&amp;id=466</link>
    <dc:creator>jnchapel</dc:creator><description><![CDATA["The winning figures for the Belmont demonstrate that it’s not the best distance for the winners ... the same is happening with the Kentucky Derby."]]></description>
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    <title>Twitter / JeffWLowe: @TRCommentary The idea that ...</title>
    <dc:date>2014-05-06T15:28:55+00:00</dc:date>
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    <dc:creator>jnchapel</dc:creator><description><![CDATA["The idea that War Emblem was faster than Big Brown is hard to accept. Ragozin says no."]]></description>
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    <title>Kentucky Derby: California Chrome’s attempt to turn back time</title>
    <dc:date>2014-05-03T00:53:15+00:00</dc:date>
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    <dc:creator>jnchapel</dc:creator><description><![CDATA["Neither hereditary differences nor pure randomness convincingly explains the downswing in quality of the last five years of the U.S. Classics. Are we seeing the outturn of tougher drug testing? Are we finding that horses bred from stock empowered to some degree by performance-enhancing substances cannot emulate the achievements of their forebears without the same chemical advantages? I include the question marks because this is received wisdom ..."]]></description>
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    <dc:date>2013-08-28T11:20:16+00:00</dc:date>
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    <dc:creator>jnchapel</dc:creator><description><![CDATA["The 2013 quarter mile was clearly faster than that of 2012. Gate to finish line, the first quarter in 2013 was run in 24.69 seconds, while in 2012 it was run in 25.22 seconds. This doesn’t really prove anything other than the horses ran faster this year. The interesting part is the reported quarter-mile times. Equibase reported the 2013 time after a quarter mile as 24.19. The reported time for 2012 was 23.61. I’m not criticizing Equibase. The company just reports the times from the track timer, and it does have some checks in place to catch erroneous times. But it seemed very unlikely to me that thoroughbreds could cover the 45-foot run-up, from the time the gate was fully open until reaching the official timing beam, in 0.50 (24.69 – 24.19) as it would appear in the 2013 version of the race."]]></description>
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    <title>Triple Crown thoroughbreds aren't running as fast</title>
    <dc:date>2013-05-11T14:07:25+00:00</dc:date>
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    <dc:creator>jnchapel</dc:creator><description><![CDATA["The explanations are varied and often conflicting. Some analysts say American breeding has focused too much on producing precociously fast 2-year-olds rather than durable racehorses built for the duress of the Triple Crown. In a related issue, some say the genetic pool has become too narrow, with too much emphasis on a few prominent sires. Others blame modern training, saying the best horses are underworked and too many mediocre horses are pointed toward the Kentucky Derby. And then there are those who say the whole issue is overblown. These defenders of the modern horse say thoroughbreds are trained to win races, not set time records. Besides, they add, the tracks themselves are kept slower these days because safety, not raw speed, is the chief concern."]]></description>
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    <title>Wise Dan a triple-threat on speed figures</title>
    <dc:date>2013-01-25T12:36:32+00:00</dc:date>
    <link>http://www.drf.com/news/best-beyers-2012-wise-dan-triple-threat-speed-figures</link>
    <dc:creator>jnchapel</dc:creator><description><![CDATA["Horses' performances on grass and artificial surfaces rarely thrill devotees of speed figures. Dirt is more conducive to fast, blockbuster performances because dirt is conducive to speed ..."]]></description>
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    <title>Ghostzapper's 128 is legit</title>
    <dc:date>2012-10-21T13:42:43+00:00</dc:date>
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    <dc:creator>jnchapel</dc:creator><description><![CDATA[From 2004.]]></description>
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    <title>Jerardi: The science behind Beyer Figures</title>
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    <title>Kentucky Derby Beyers are on the wane</title>
    <dc:date>2012-05-10T00:13:25+00:00</dc:date>
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    <dc:creator>jnchapel</dc:creator><description><![CDATA["I’ll Have Another got a 101 in his Derby win.... At the rate we are going, 99 is going to become the new 109 in another year or two. What exactly is going on here?"]]></description>
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    <title>Jerardi: Top Beyer speed figures a thing of the past</title>
    <dc:date>2011-12-08T14:49:20+00:00</dc:date>
    <link>http://www.drf.com/news/jerardi-top-beyer-figures-thing-past</link>
    <dc:creator>jnchapel</dc:creator><description><![CDATA["What I found out was the Beyer Figures by the top stakes horses were relatively similar from 1992 to 2005. And then it all started to slow down. With a few exceptions that don't last long (Uncle Mo), the best horses just keep getting slower on the Beyer scale."]]></description>
<dc:subject>horseracing speed-figures handicapping trends</dc:subject>
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<item rdf:about="http://www.drf.com/news/how-speed-figures-evolved-tool-insiders">
    <title>How speed figures evolved into a tool for insiders</title>
    <dc:date>2011-08-04T18:50:35+00:00</dc:date>
    <link>http://www.drf.com/news/how-speed-figures-evolved-tool-insiders</link>
    <dc:creator>jnchapel</dc:creator><description><![CDATA["... things have changed in racing, just as they have changed in other sports. The sabermetrics movement, defined by objective analysis, especially statistics, shunned the insider perspective in baseball and has altered the way the sport is run. In professional basketball, 'stat geeks' use mathematical formulas in an attempt to assess a player’s contribution in more meaningful ways than a scoring average or a scout’s eye-test. Many teams have bought in, and most have advanced stats experts on payroll. Over the years, a similar shift has occurred in racing. Class still counts, and horsemen still train horses, but speed figures have wormed their way into every nook of the racing world."]]></description>
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    <title>The wizard of odds</title>
    <dc:date>2011-07-08T12:05:34+00:00</dc:date>
    <link>http://www.nytimes.com/2001/06/03/magazine/the-wizard-of-odds.html</link>
    <dc:creator>jnchapel</dc:creator><description><![CDATA[From June 3, 2001 NYT]]></description>
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    <title>An iconoclast joins the action</title>
    <dc:date>2011-07-08T12:04:20+00:00</dc:date>
    <link>http://www.nytimes.com/1998/05/02/sports/horse-racing-an-iconoclast-joins-the-action.html</link>
    <dc:creator>jnchapel</dc:creator><description><![CDATA[Article from the May 2, 1998 New York Times.]]></description>
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    <title>Racing patterns on a sheet</title>
    <dc:date>2011-07-08T12:03:14+00:00</dc:date>
    <link>http://www.nytimes.com/1986/06/19/sports/sports-of-the-times-racing-patterns-on-a-sheet.html?scp=2&amp;sq=%22len+ragozin%22&amp;st=nyt</link>
    <dc:creator>jnchapel</dc:creator><description><![CDATA[Article from the June 19, 1986 New York Times.]]></description>
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<item rdf:about="http://theweek.com/article/index/214915/the-slowest-kentucky-derby-field-in-20-years-5-theories">
    <title>The slowest Kentucky Derby field in 20 years</title>
    <dc:date>2011-05-05T14:28:01+00:00</dc:date>
    <link>http://theweek.com/article/index/214915/the-slowest-kentucky-derby-field-in-20-years-5-theories</link>
    <dc:creator>jnchapel</dc:creator><dc:subject>horseracing speed-figures kentucky-confidential</dc:subject>
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<item rdf:about="http://www1.drf.com/drfNewsArticle.do?NID=115729">
    <title>Strangely, Derby prospects getting slower</title>
    <dc:date>2011-04-14T04:51:40+00:00</dc:date>
    <link>http://www1.drf.com/drfNewsArticle.do?NID=115729</link>
    <dc:creator>jnchapel</dc:creator><description><![CDATA["Uncle Mo is the extreme example, but none of the horses with 2-year-old promise has gotten any better. To Honor and Serve never got close to his 102 in the Remsen before being sidelined with an injury. Not sure where Boys At Tosconova, with his two triple-digit Beyers, might have gone this year, if he had not been hurt."]]></description>
<dc:subject>horseracing kentucky-derby derby-prospects speed-figures</dc:subject>
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<item rdf:about="http://www.drf.com/news/what-lies-ahead-macleans-music">
    <title>What lies ahead for Maclean's Music?</title>
    <dc:date>2011-03-31T09:57:41+00:00</dc:date>
    <link>http://www.drf.com/news/what-lies-ahead-macleans-music</link>
    <dc:creator>jnchapel</dc:creator><description><![CDATA["Maclean's Music's sire, Distorted Humor, only got an 86 in his debut, but he had 15 triple-digit Beyers in a 23-race career, including four 110s, a 112, a 116, a 117, and a 118. So the Beyer history is there. You start mixing debuts of 114 and 105 with all those giant Beyers from the sire, and you might really have something. What you already have is the fastest debut in Beyer Figure/DRF history."]]></description>
<dc:subject>horseracing breeding speed-figures</dc:subject>
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<item rdf:about="http://www.thoroughbredtimes.com/national-news/2011/01/15/ragozin-insider-eclipse-award.aspx">
    <title>A major upset for Ragozin Horse of the Year</title>
    <dc:date>2011-01-15T21:39:42+00:00</dc:date>
    <link>http://www.thoroughbredtimes.com/national-news/2011/01/15/ragozin-insider-eclipse-award.aspx</link>
    <dc:creator>jnchapel</dc:creator><description><![CDATA["Yet if the criteria for a Horse of the Year award was based solely on speed, then there would be a much different path to racing’s ultimate prize -- one that mirrors last year’s scenario. In choosing the fastest horse of 2010, Len Friedman, a partner with Ragozin Thoroughbred Data, tossed out both Zenyatta and Blame and crowned the three-year-old filly Blind Luck as the “Sheets” Horse of the Year."]]></description>
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<item rdf:about="http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2010/10/06/AR2010100603418.html">
    <title>'Secretariat' introduces extraordinary horse to new generation</title>
    <dc:date>2010-10-07T11:27:44+00:00</dc:date>
    <link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2010/10/06/AR2010100603418.html</link>
    <dc:creator>jnchapel</dc:creator><description><![CDATA["At each stage of his career, Secretariat's winning times and speed figures provided objective evidence that he was an extraordinary runner. His greatest performance, of course, was the Belmont Stakes, where he dueled with Sham at a seemingly suicidal pace for three-quarters of a mile and proceeded to draw away to a 31-length victory. The prevailing track record, Gallant Man's 2:26 3/5, was considered almost unassailable; only one other winner in the Belmont's history had run faster than 2:28. When Secretariat crossed the finish line in 2:24 flat, he had raced into a new dimension."
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<dc:subject>horseracing movies secretariat great-horses speed-figures</dc:subject>
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<item rdf:about="http://www1.drf.com/drfNewsArticle.do?NID=95951">
    <title>What follows a good pair?</title>
    <dc:date>2010-09-15T09:32:49+00:00</dc:date>
    <link>http://www1.drf.com/drfNewsArticle.do?NID=95951</link>
    <dc:creator>jnchapel</dc:creator><description><![CDATA["One of the most fascinating developments of the postmodern handicapping art has been the use of figure patterns to predict improving and declining form. While speed figures are well known to correlate positively with ability, or class, certain patterns of speed figures can serve as reliable instruments of form analysis. Perhaps the most reliable and useful of these are the paired-figure patterns. That is, a horse has delivered essentially the same performance twice in a row. What should happen next?" (6/30/08)
]]></description>
<dc:subject>horseracing handicapping speed speed-figures james-quinn</dc:subject>
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<item rdf:about="http://blog.youbet.com/2010/03/26/are-speed-figures-still-relevant/">
    <title>Are speed figures still relevant?</title>
    <dc:date>2010-07-12T12:35:20+00:00</dc:date>
    <link>http://blog.youbet.com/2010/03/26/are-speed-figures-still-relevant/</link>
    <dc:creator>jnchapel</dc:creator><description><![CDATA["The fact is a speed figure — whether it’s produced by Beyer, Len Ragozin (The Sheets), Jerry Brown (Thoro-Graph), TrackMaster/Equibase or the Racing Post — provides handicappers about as much information as the current price of a stock provides investors. It is merely a snapshot in time, a reflection of a particular race run at a particular track on a particular day. And while it may certainly serve as a guide to future performances, it does not in any way determine those performances." (Via @superterrific)
]]></description>
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