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No, now likely to be start of turf seasons although they have started the leaving stall gap before the rail change
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If you look at all USA horses at Southwell compared to other AW tracks there is a significant difference
Here are the returns for backing all horses that are USA bred regardless of how many runs they have had there
Returns are to 1pt level stakes at BSP with 5% commission and back to 1997Southwell +748 (+17.57% ROI)
Wolverhamtpon +184.12 (+3.14% ROI)
Kempton -812.63 (-29.52% ROI)
What this shows is that USA horses do much better at Southwell
These are completely free reports and will help anyone getting started in horses racing
Proform Daily Reports for Tuesday January 11th,
RaceCard Reports http://tiny.cc/cqw0l
Trainer Jockey Reports http://tiny.cc/461qsHere is the full quote in the press at the time
Stalls in Britain to be numbered from inside
BRITAIN is about to come into line with the rest of the racing world, except Ireland, by numbering starting stalls on all racecourses from the inside.
At present, draw positions begin on the right, as viewed from the stands, which creates a different configuration depending on whether the track is right or left-handed.
The positioning of the stalls will not change, but punters used to taking into account any draw advantage will have to reverse the established thinking on data from 11 courses.
Those tracks – Ascot, Beverley, Carlisle, Folkestone, Kempton, Leicester, Musselburgh, both Newmarket courses, Ripon and Sandown – are being designated right-handed, along with Goodwood, Hamilton, Salisbury and Windsor, even though those four racecourses include left-handed turns.
BHA director of raceday operations and regulation, Jamie Stier, explained: “Where there’s a doubt, we’ve looked at the majority of the track.
“Some races at Goodwood, Hamilton and Salisbury, for instance, involve going the reverse way up the straight, but both have right-handed loops, and that’s how we will treat them.
Jamie Stier: BHA director of raceday operations
“The same applies to Windsor, which is a figure-of-eight but the majority of its turns are right-handed.“Newmarket is unusual in that it has two tracks, on one of which – the July course – the standsare on the right of the track, while on the Rowley Mile course, they are on the left.
“Both will be treated as right-handed tracks, because when a bend is negotiated, it’s right-handed.”
The change, which will be trialled at Kempton from the start of next year and is expected to become universal from the beginning of the 2011 turf season, has emanated from the International Federation of Horseracing Authorities to examine greater harmonisation of raceday rules.
