Horse Racing Speed Figures Explained
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In the course of the last 45 years, the biggest advancement in handicapping has probably been the emergence of speed figures.
What is commonplace now was in its infancy back then when speed variants ruled the land.
The variants were simplistic. They were averages based on how many lengths above or below the track record the races on that day were.
Speed figures took that process to a new and infinitely more helpful level.