Reply With QuoteYou should be let scratch from that without penalty if they changed the conditions to suit 1 horse
I'll be scratching my bloke...
It's a very disappointing situation when you think you're going to be in a race with horses around the same ability as your horse and then the power that be go and change it for a horse that's won 3 of his last 5 and last 3 starts ran 59, 56 and 56...
Competetive stakes apparently???
You should be let scratch from that without penalty if they changed the conditions to suit 1 horse
Totally agree, That's the fairest scenario.
We are supposed to be doing two things at the moment....reducing our % of odds on pops, and trying to keep honest people in the game, that race field achieves neither.
I just worked out this horse's last three MOBILE starts in NZ, added them to his three Australian starts and got an average personal mile rate of 1.59.7, surely our NSW handicappers would have done the same???? if you were to take Standing Start mile rates into account when handicapping the race, well just about ANYTHING is going to be eliglible.
In my humble opinion the horse should be scratched by HRNSW due to an error made by it's handicappers!!
Instills confidence for the future. The powers that be can justify this any way that suits them but...... ordinary by anyone's standard.
They couldn't do ballots properly and fairly for when 11 or more horses nommed for a pre set C race what made people think grouping 30 plus horses was going to be done properly and fairly.
Changed conditions
HRNSW: Please note that the conditions for all future "Encouragement" and "Competitive" stakes have now been changed. The Encouragement stakes now exclude trainers who have won a race in the 14/15 season. The Competitive stakes are now assessed based on Australian runs only. The programs have been changed to reflect this - please see harness.org.au for full programs.
Just dont race every week hold your horse back a week ,that just shows how out of touch they are, or are there trainers out there who only charge for when your horse is racing that week really! is this the best we can have running the show?
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