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"We will be regularly evaluating and improving our handicapping methodology, and I will ensure that we continue to provide an effective and efficient service to the industry."
<br>Does this mean they’ll do away with "yardstick" handicapping?
(Edited by empty wallet at 10:20 am on Dec. 23, 2006)
No, but it does mean he’ll allot Teofilo a mark of 107 to tempt Bolger to run him in the Cambridgeshire like he does with the National weights.
Nice to see one of the Rainsford hierarchy doing well for himself within the ranks of the sport of kings :)
Quote: from davidjohnson on 11:22 am on Dec. 23, 2006[br]No, but it does mean he’ll allot Teofilo a mark of 107 to tempt Bolger to run him in the Cambridgeshire like he does with the National weights.<br>
That’s not necessarily a bad thing.
Quote: from davidbrady on 9:13 pm on Dec. 23, 2006[br]
Quote: from davidjohnson on 11:22 am on Dec. 23, 2006[br]No, but it does mean he’ll allot Teofilo a mark of 107 to tempt Bolger to run him in the Cambridgeshire like he does with the National weights.<br>
That’s not necessarily a bad thing.
Are you sure? If he takes into account the ‘Aintree factor’ when compiling weights for the National, then shouldn’t all of Sue Smith’s have an extra 7 lb at Haydock and Peter Bowen’s the same at Market Rasen.
Perhaps he’ll introduce separate handicap marks for left-handed and right-handed tracks. If they can have them for AW/turf then why not? How often have you heard the phrase "he’s a 10lb better horse on a right-handed track"? Then perhaps we could have separate marks for fast ground/soft ground, big fields/small fields, good jockeys/Andrew Thornton etc etc.
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