Revamped Order Of Merit

[jose1993]

http://www.racingpost.com/news/horse-racing/revamped-order-of-merit-launches-on-saturday/644378/top/

Yes, the series that has seen horses like Royal Shakespeare run into the ground to accumulate pathetic 5th placed points under a pathetic system is going to return. I can’t believe it. Fortunately no one can claim it’s returning bigger and better. The only thing that seems to be revamped is the prize fund, and that has been reduced to £100,000 to the winners connections – about the sum of winning a half decent race when you think the owner will get only £50,000 of it. It’s even going to be called “The Racing For Change Order Of Merit.” Here’s something they might like to change to start with – the actual existence of the Order Of Merit. The best horse doesn’t win it, the best horse who runs well the most times in Grade 1 company might not even win it. And, if the stupid Racing For Change mob never realised, no one looks at the Order Of Merit table with a tingle of excitement after each Graded race. No doubt the increases of field sizes prove that the Order Of Merit works………

[Venusian]

Yes indeed, the Order of Merit has been, is, and will continue to be, a complete waste of time and money.

No one is interested in it, and nor should they be.

[Slowly Away]

Erm, but surely……….erm, it does provide a narrative

[NHFan]

I dont actually see the point of it now. It came in with a big marketing spend but with the prize money for the biggest races and £1 million bonuses for hurdlers and chasers the Order of Merit pot is small.

Voy Por was a deserving winner last year but memories of Royal Shakespeare and Lough Derg running every time a day ends in y didnt do anything for my love of the concept.

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