Class ratings

[froggy]

Ted,

I don't have much time between receiving the scratches, finalizing the races and departure for the book.
I go through the entire card either the night before or early in the morning.
I get the scratches, usually about 1hr before first post.
I then go through each race and eliminate down to five and ties using energy or BL/BL.
Then I have to print before I go.
There is just not much time.

This morning was a good example, and it has happened before and cost money.
Had I not looked for the class rating of the sprinter to see if he really belonged in the race I would not have seen the class rating of the 7.
I was considering making the 5 and 7 my selections.
When I saw the rating of the 7 I backed off.
Had I not done something that I ordinarily don't do, I would have lost this race.
I assume that most people don't make their eliminations from the list of entries, but that too is valuable information.
I know that you can't have everything on the BL/BL page, but I was hoping that you would give this idea some consideration before it gets placed up on the shelf.

Thanks,

Froggy