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Does that get Richard Hills into the Guiness Book of Records

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  • February 5, 2010 at 18:42 #14018
    Glenn
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    Another imperious display by Richard Hills this evening winning on a horse racing off a mark of….116!

    Has anyone ever won a handicap off such an imposte before? Would any other jockey be capable? I think that may be a new world record.

    Does anyone have John ‘Ask the Anorak’ Randall’s e-mail?

    February 5, 2010 at 18:59 #274206
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    You just gotta love they way they framed that handicap. A 100-

    116

    . Curiously enough Sheikh Hamdans runner rated officially 116 :shock: .

    Well they couldn’t leave him out could they? :wink:

    February 5, 2010 at 19:11 #274211
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    Glenn
    Pretty sure there have been a couple of Ascot handicaps won off higher in the past. Names escape me at the moment, but I’m sure someone will know.

    Cav
    I think the ratngs band is applied

    after

    the entries are known at Meydan, thus the 100-116 h’cap was merely the weight range of the actual runners today.

    February 5, 2010 at 19:13 #274212
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    It was framed 100+ as far as I can see – effectively an open handicap like the Ebor or Wokingham.

    February 5, 2010 at 19:25 #274217
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    Cav
    I think the ratngs band is applied after the entries are known at Meydan, thus the 100-116 h’cap was merely the weight range of the actual runners today.

    Ok, fair enough. Sheikh Hamdan is probably the straightest man in racing anyway.

    A nice present from God for Glenn. 8)

    February 5, 2010 at 20:53 #274242
    davidjohnson
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    Curlin won head in chest at the 2008 Carnival off an official rating 129 :shock:

    February 5, 2010 at 22:40 #274276
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    Good spot DJ – Curlin was rated 129 when he won that handicap but there was a minimum weight so he only gave a 15 or 16 pounds away.

    Yes Snaafy’s race was for 100+ and Poet also ran off 116.

    The bands are framed before entries.

    Don’t forget that earlier Presvis had been beaten in a handicap off 120.

    February 5, 2010 at 22:42 #274277
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    Another imperious display by Richard Hills this evening winning on a horse racing off a mark of….116!

    It must make Snaafy about a 125+ horse then?

    February 5, 2010 at 23:39 #274285
    Glenn
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    Curlin won head in chest at the 2008 Carnival off an official rating 129 :shock:

    Flapping tracks don’t count.

    Any advances on 116 with all the field in the handicap proper?

    February 6, 2010 at 00:14 #274290
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    Though neither of them won, Tillerman ran off 119, and Decorated Hero off 121, both in Ascot handicaps.
    Proper handicaps mind, with big fields and a 2 stone weight range. :wink:

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