eljay 1,711 Report post Posted September 28, 2014 Why was "discretionary handicaps" a condition of this race? It was a group race so surely O.C. horses should start together regardless of their present form. But no, Stent & Habibti were penalised 10 metres over the other O.C. runners. Also The Fiery Ginger which had dropped back to a C.7 assessment was made to start with the O.C. horses - so much for drop backs! Perhaps further thinking is required by the handicapping sub committee! hsvman 1 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
richie 1,025 Report post Posted September 29, 2014 I thought Habibti starting off 20 metres was a disgrace.Clover Don has won 23 races(14 while in cup class) while Habibti has won only 14 and 11 of them was as 2yo/3yo.Did not win in NZ as a 4yo and has only won once as a 5yo.Even Stent has won less open class trots than Clover Don so i dont know what handicapper was thinking.I have heard that the connections of Habibti were considering not starting but decided to as needed a race. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...