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I’ve seen it in a few Racing Post race comments recently and wondered what it’s short for.
‘Lw, held up off the pace in rear, some progress into midfield 8th, not on terms with leaders from 4 out, shaken up after 3 out, one pace and no real impression (tchd 13/2)’
‘Lw, held up off the pace in rear, not fluent 5th, progress 4 out but still only 6th 2 out, shaken up and stayed on well from last, nearly snatched 3rd (op 16/1)’
Hi Tim, I believe that stands for ‘looked well’.
They have recently started adding descriptions of this sort. QT is quite tall for example.
For the young guns starting over hurdles there will sometimes be a description of “lengthy chasing type”.Comments like that should be done away with IMO. The less subjectivity in comments in running, the better.
Many might not agree with the paddock judge who made that note.
Paddock appearance, how a horse ran and the rating awarded for its performance are all subjective. As you say, LS, there are differences of opinion amongst professionals/experienced observers so I don’t see how comments by any one service can be objective.
On the flat many used to habitually (and probably still do) list all the horses described as ‘gd sort’ on their racecourse debuts. Because they are not in print until after the race, there was always a suspicion that a paddock commentator may be part blinded by the performance and put in the comment if the horse won or ran promisingly. Likewise, a paddock commentator when looking at a great physical specimen may be more likely to use ‘gd sort’ if it’s from one of the big yards and would not be confident in using the term if they were assessing a David Evans newcomer – I must be mistaken what I’m seeing here,this trainer doesn’t normally have animals with this quality of conformation
I use pretty much the same abbreviations for my own paddock notes, ‘lw’ looked well for fit horses, ‘lvw’ Looked very well for horses outstandingly fit, ‘bkwd’ for those that are unfit.
A few more such as ‘fizzy’ is they look a bit fiery, or on the odd occasion ‘nutcase?’! ‘2hp’, means 2 handlers in the paddock is I normally treat as a negative.
Horses I note as ‘on toes’ (jig jogging in the paddock) have a dreadful record by my reckoning (2% win rate at last count).
‘Chasing type’ sometimes goes in the notes for bumper horses or novice hurdlers and is the sort I keep an eye on long term.
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