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I agree largely with what you are saying Kev. My point is that if a protest is lodged too often stewards pontificate whether there was enough interference to compensate for the margin between horses. They place too much emphasis on this instead of focussing on whether interference actually occurred and, if so, how severely it affected the horse's likelihood of narrowing or exceeding the margin.
Too many protests are dismissed when interference has occurred, many drivers are too timid when it comes to lodging a protest. Just apply the rules!
The ID Final differed in that Expensive Ego had already drifted up the track and interference occurred when Moran steered the horse back down the track when he saw Boncel Benjamin going for the inside run. No contact made, the severity of the check and tight margin ensured a correct protest decision.
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I think the Hunter Cup draw is on TrotsVision at 7
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Expensive Ego out so Supreme Dominator joins those who can only win if that 1 in 100 fall of the cards occurs - other than that there are only 5 winning chances, as you would expect, the top five in the market
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Like the Hunter Cup, we have the fav drawn 1 in the Ladyship Cup
I notice that there has been some market movement for the Stewart runners :
5yo Maajida (7) has blown from $6 to $9 today while 4yo Rogue Wave (4) has shortened from $31 to $12
It will be interesting to see how Rogue Wave measures up as she has been placing behind Ladies In Red
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Act Now has drawn 11 in the 4yo Bonanza and is $8.50
(even with the pole draw it is hard to believe Kimble is not much better than half his odds)
If Act Now had drawn the front he would be Odds On
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Hunter Cup will not only be on TrotsVision and Sky Active but also on racing.com
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An interesting piece of nostalgia on HRV site
https://www.thetrots.com.au/news/art...nt-hunter-cup/
It’s interesting to note that 100 bookmakers operated at the meeting located in six different areas around the track.
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I wonder how they decide which is the first heat of the Great Southern and which is the 2nd?
Recovery is important so for fairness they should have tried to minimize the time between the heat races down to 20 minutes, which has shown to be doable in the past
(I know there is the argument that Sky or some other power determine this but surely they can work with us sometimes)
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In the Blacks a Fake King of Swing galloped, had to make up 15m and then covered extra ground. Gets beaten less than a length by Amazing Dream. King of Swing clearly the better horse off that run.
In the Vic Cup King of Swing drawn carpark, comes 3 wide around the bend on a hot pace and put Amazing Dream away by the 200m. Could not be any clearer King of Swing is the better horse.
Triple 8 and Louis aren't good enough to sit outside him and apply pressure necessary to tire King out. Arty I'd have second fave but he isn't at his best, it would be a surprise to see him apply the gas but he is the horse as a King punter I am worried about getting back to his best.
Aside from Arty being back to his best I think King could do a space job tomorrow. Amazing Dream being so tight in the market is giving some good overs for the King.
