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Just looking at yesterday's results in between TV ad breaks, I see Bedtime Story was 0.16s (about a length) slower than Haatem over CD carrying 6lbs less. So we're talking about 8-9lbs.

But she's a 2yo and, in theory, a long way less mature than Haatem.

The Jersey looked true-run - Hannon had said beforehand they'd make use of his stamina - and Haatem's OR is 116 so if he ran to around that figure BS should be around 107-108 plus whatever she had in hand. RPRs go 110.

Two things:

1. I don't see that she could have had much more to offer. The brother reminded me last night that I'm always saying you can't have an easy race if you run very fast.
2. How much do we allow for her age? While I am a believer in the wfa scale in principle, I've always believed the best 2yos are that because they are more mature. I tend to adjust ratings by the end-of-season figure of 16-18lbs.

But is BS a 126 filly?

It will be interesting to find out.

<blockquote data-quote="Desert Orchid" data-source="post: 2680992" data-attributes="member: 65242">Just looking at yesterday&#039;s results in between TV ad breaks, I see Bedtime Story was 0.16s (about a length) slower than Haatem over CD carrying 6lbs less. So we&#039;re talking about 8-9lbs. But she&#039;s a 2yo and, in theory, a long way less mature than Haatem. The Jersey looked true-run - Hannon had said beforehand they&#039;d make use of his stamina - and Haatem&#039;s OR is 116 so if he ran to around that figure BS should be around 107-108 plus whatever she had in hand. RPRs go 110.Two things:1. I don&#039;t see that she could have had much more to offer. The brother reminded me last night that I&#039;m always saying you can&#039;t have an easy race if you run very fast.2. How much do we allow for her age? While I am a believer in the wfa scale in principle, I&#039;ve always believed the best 2yos are that because they are more mature. I tend to adjust ratings by the end-of-season figure of 16-18lbs.But is BS a 126 filly?It will be interesting to find out.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Desert Orchid, post: 2680992, member: 65242"] Just looking at yesterday's results in between TV ad breaks, I see Bedtime Story was 0.16s (about a length) slower than Haatem over CD carrying 6lbs less. So we're talking about 8-9lbs. But she's a 2yo and, in theory, a long way less mature than Haatem. The Jersey looked true-run - Hannon had said beforehand they'd make use of his stamina - and Haatem's OR is 116 so if he ran to around that figure BS should be around 107-108 plus whatever she had in hand. RPRs go 110. Two things: 1. I don't see that she could have had much more to offer. The brother reminded me last night that I'm always saying you can't have an easy race if you run very fast. 2. How much do we allow for her age? While I am a believer in the wfa scale in principle, I've always believed the best 2yos are that because they are more mature. I tend to adjust ratings by the end-of-season figure of 16-18lbs. But is BS a 126 filly? It will be interesting to find out. [/QUOTE]

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