Quote Originally Posted by aussiebreno View Post
Eg Major Moth gets to draw 3 tonight, dictate run and win 1.56. So he gets pick of draw. Assume Bondi Lockdown and American Dealer then have a ding dong battle but from their bad draws run 1.57. One might win but given slower time how do they get to choose barrier ahead of Major Moth? Then the horse who ran 2nd draws crap. Not fair. So Major Moth starts fave in final by virtue of getting an easier heat and better draw in the heat.
But that can happen in a final eg TT v LIR in the Vicbred Final - the only time LIR has been beaten when TT gets 2 and LIR gets 8. Every chance that we should be spruiking Ladies as an undefeated champion. We don't want to be like pro Athletics where champions are crucified

However, my reason for my opening post about this is that right now the heats are barely betting propositions as horses do not need to win and possibly want to win enough.
Another solution would be to make the heats worth more