Which part? My 80% figure or not bothering to look up th actual Bohemia Crystal prizemoney? Or perhaps those M0 and M1-M2 finals weren't 25K. How dare I get the prizemoney wrong.Originally Posted by Danno
On the 80% figure. I might have overstated it a little bit but normally there are about 7 heats (7x10=70). 10 in final plus 10 in consolation = 20. So 50 are left in the consolations. 50/70 is what 70%. I'll do better to make sure my % or stakesmoney is spot on next time.[/QUOTE]
Sorry Brendan,
been away for a while, just not sure about the point you were trying to make lining up Bathurst non finalists with the Bohemia Chrystal? That the better horses in the Bohemia Crystal are bound to race longer as they are still winning races and very competitive whereas horses in the Bathurst Consolations are non-competitive so it stands to reason they won't keep racing. That has nothing to do with when the horse first started.
Honestly this all seems to have gotten out of hand a bit, my initial comment on this thread was about giving trainers the opportunity to better place horses in order for the long suffering owners to get a return.
I happened to mention my opinion on 2YO racing and where the impetus came from for ever increasing prizemoney for babies and it has gone from there to this, which, to be honest, everyone will have an opinion which they are gunna find hard to prove.
The prizemoney isn't out of scale. There are a lot less 2yo races overall than open age racing - 2yos only race 9 months of the year and make up one race on a card when they do.
the one thing that I have enjoyed about this site (in my limited exposure) is the passion that the folks have.. whether we agree or not. Agree
I'm sure we will all learn a bit from each other a long the way and learning is,in my opinion one of the great things in life..you never stop doing it until you stop breathing.
Cheers,
Dan[/QUOTE]
Thanks Dan.
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