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On My Oath is now 4 from 4 in Victoria, an unbelievable improvement on its 8 from 141 in WA. The Hargreaves / Ashwood training team and Aaron Bain Racing / Summit Bloodstock Syndications ownership are absolute geniuses when it comes to finding and purchasing untapped talent from WA. Lopsided handicapping system aside, I suppose they might say they are feeding them more grain and giving them more work has improved them all. Or, in this case, the horse just needed 140 starts to run into some form.
Yeah, sure!
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Trev, we have to remember it is the handicapping system and the PRB which is putting them in the position to lead which is half way home in harness racing. These are not races against champs and these horses have generally won more races than their opponents regardless of how long ago
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http://www.harness.org.au/racing/fie...21#MXC29062103
Maybe these lower grade $4,500 races are a raffle but the Hargreaves stable has done well to turn Mach The Knife into a winner tonight when only 13 days ago he was racing for another stable
They had another first run for the stable with All The Fours in R2 but only managed 3rd
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How do you align NZ form with Australian form
Julie Douglas/Glenn Douglas trained Khaki Nui to its first up win in Oz tonight
Craig Rail tipped it on the basis of it working home nicely for 3rd three starts ago at Methven
But the MR for that race was 2.07.4 (SS)
He rated 1.55.6 tonight and started $1.30
In his previous 24 starts he had never broken 2 minutes
19 of his 24 starts had been Stands
http://www.harness.org.au/racing/fie...21#SPC30062110
The rule for NZ form v Oz for new imports:
NZ imports are lengths better than their NZ form suggests
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There were 6 trots races and only 4 pacing races at Ballarat tonight so I thought I would look at the Vic TAB pools to see if there was any difference between gaits - No
But I did notice that in the pacing R6 the First Four pool of $16k was 2 - 3 times more than in any other race
https://www.tab.com.au/racing/2021-0...AT/BAL/H/6/Win
A 9 horse field with an Even money fav
http://www.harness.org.au/racing/fie...21#BAC18082103
"Why was it so?"
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http://www.harness.org.au/racing/fie...21#APC14092106
You can see why some would be asking questions about R7 at Albion Park yesterday
No.1 determined to lead, drifted in betting
No.8 who held his back was well supported
Pete McMullen is a regular driver of both
You will note Leonard Cain on No.1 has a good look around early on
He comes off the fence down the back straight before tiring, which he had to after that first half, very much to the fav's advantage but then comes back down
The Stewards Comment column suggests no questions were even asked
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The stewards have spotted this one in R2 at Redcliffe yesterday
Lola Weidemann needs a long holiday
She chose not to lead on the $1.25 fav
Put it 3rd fence
After ripping her arms out of their sockets for much of the race
Misty Creek nearly got up but not quite thanks to Lola
http://www.harness.org.au/racing/fie...21#REC16092106
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Yep. Drive of the Day and wins a bottle of Sparkling Starwine that has been lost for decades down the shed. The one with the plastic stopper that is near impossible to remove. The stewards need to remove this stopper.
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Peterprofit does not think that R7 at GP was all above board last night
The change of tactics was one thing but I cannot help but think the favourite contributed to his own demise
One thing he is definitely right about is that caller Richard Bell was not too impressed with the whole affair
http://www.harness.org.au/racing/fie...21#GPM17092114