Quote Originally Posted by Triple V View Post
Time only matters when you are doing it. Who you beat, how you do it, what races you win and how much $ you earn carries the weight. The rest is merely pleasant window dressing.
No one thing by itself carries much weight...a few things put together carries weight. One of those things has to be time.
You can see from day dot a debutant who leads all the way in winning a 2C0 in the bush for $4500 in 1.59 is pretty smart. That didn't satisfy any of your criteria of who they beat, how they done it, or the race and $$$. The fast time isn't just window dressing.
My example isn't that bizarre either...point in case = Frith. The Frith that won at Young is the same Frith that won at Bathurst. Time is an indicator...what if Frith broke down after winning at Leeton or the Bathurst heat? She hadn't beat anyone or earnt much $$$ to that stage so to you she wouldn't carry much weight. Time is more than just window dressing.