Even with only the 3 runners it's no lay down misère the result.
Sorry, I meant Purdon had a few horses originally scheduled for Interdoms but they fell by the wayside. Saw the noms this afternoon, and was surprised when Fields came out with only 3 left from original 5.
In Sidineee...The far bettor horses are ALL in the first heat (5 under 31 to 1) with the exception of M Sish. The second heat horses are over 50 to 1. which means a much lesser rated horse will get into the final
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The Kiwi heat is an absolute farce, there is no other way to accurately describe it, can someone show me where, in the history of the interdominion, there has been even one single heat run with so few starters....an absolute bloody shambles...be even funnier if there is a scratching or two!!! imagine a walk over to qualify for the final of one of the hardest races in the world to qualify for, well I bet that will give our game a bit of air...stench that is.
From what I can gather from the conditions of the race, when the races were drawn, our resident form experts (Handicappers) were going to look at each heat and decide how many from each heat should be guaranteed a start.
The Handicappers might have their hands tied and there had to be 2 from NZ, otherwise, what explanation is there for 2 of the 3 to be guaranteed a start ?
HRNSW need to come out ASAP and declare that a third horse cannot come that heat. If Terror To Love can't peg the first 2 back when they're running 26 Flat, tough titties.
What they need to do if they're fair dinkum is give the 14th spot they're holding onto to 3rd in WA and be done with it.
and let's not mention the Karloo Mick shyte fight kicking off tomorrow.
Thanks Ron, I'm glad you're keeping score. The Chap that did the books for us believes it could of been more. It sounds like a lot but they were ready made and over quite a few years. Probably a third of them were in and out within 2-3 weeks.
and I am a risk averse tight arse by trade : )
With the conditions of the series such that NSWHRC want the best 10 Grand Circuit horses in the final, they have chosen to gamble that those best 10 can make it by the handicappers' grading of the heats. IMO this is so as they have graded the heats AFTER fields were declared.
Whether you like or not and it seems clear that your bias is geographically based rather than horse ability or any other logic based, it seems quite clear that at least 2 of those ten are in the NZ heat (IMO Gold Ace and TtL)(...Sir Lincoln must be reasonably high up the rankings also IMO....)and 2 are in the WA heat ,(ITMQ and one other I am yet to determine). If their rankings of the horses are based on performance/ wins, stakes earnings along with current race form performance then I have to believe there is nothing untoward in the way they have ranked the fields and runners in the hope of seeing the 10 best to the final.
If their end desire is to see the best 10 in the final then it is not incomprehensible to still see 2 from NZ heat even with a late scratching.
They (NSWHRC) were after all, prepared to alter/adjust/rejig the series conditions to offer Sushi Sushi (a horse certain to be in the top ten) a free ride to the final.
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