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Thanks Pat and Paul, the only thing with that trial win Paul is the time - sure it is a trial but unlike Trial 6 it is not within cooee of what she ran yesterday and Melton is a faster track but maybe she had plenty in reserve, incredible what a few weeks rest did for her

Do stewards consider trial wins when considering QIP's - if they did, then all trial results would have to go in the form guide to keep the public in the loop
Nothing like a trial win to boost a horse's confidence, might be just me but I wouldn't consider a 2.00 min trial and 57 last half as "a few weeks rest".

The galloping stewards read through the trial form before each race and then after a longish shot wins? Or is it just they don't QIP as much?

As for all trial results going in the form guide, that's lazy. I take note of what you say Kev in #140 but I'm a bit in Brenno's court.
If you notice a horse hasn't raced for a bit don't most people look to the trial results? Especially the videos. If you can decipher a form guide you can click on a video replay.
What about private trials or even quiet trial runs?

Do the gallopers publish jump outs Kev? Certainly not private jump outs. They still don't need a public trial before they have a start(?). And not sure of the greyhounds and their unexplained improvements.

Rather than toil through an extensive form guide we could just have a waiver embossed across the meeting saying CHECK THE TRIALS

As for the red hots image, sometimes I think extensive QIP's and QDT's add to that image rather than help eradicate it.