It’s just a change in the nomenclature. Instead of calling it speed points I called them positional points. An eight point horse is a horse that’s going to be on the engine. It’s the same. It just makes it clearer to me that we’re not necessarily referring to speed. When I look to see whether or not that eight point Horse is going to actually make the lead, I Incorporate my speed analysis ( Which generally goes along with class analysis and the other things that you mentioned such as jockey change etc.)

I know it’s too ingrained in handicapping vernacular to change now, but I think of Dr. Quirin’s numerical assignments as “positional points” (QPP) rather than “speed points” (QSP).