Here's what I really wanted to tell you before I went off on another tangent.

My buddy wrote a book on handicapping using "speed figures" and "track Variants". he didn't get it published because he said it costs too much but I'd like to read it. Personally, I don't worry about the time of races too much. If the winner runs fast, the field runs fast, if the winner runs slow, the field runs slow. So to me, it only matters how you run, if you close or press the pace, and such. I do look at the fractions to see how it affected the ooutcome of the race ,but the final time means nothing to me. Time only matters in jail-an old racetrack saying. I do love finding horses who had trouble n their previous race. Trip handicapping is one of my main angles, I guess. The stewards reports you have over there are excellent ways to garner invaluable information.