Bruce M 143 Report post Posted May 25, 2018 I'm not sure what to think about tonight's mile night at Alexandra Park. It's something different but why not 1700m? Horses could still get a terrific mile rate without the difficulties of the mile starting point. It'll be interesting to see where the winners come from...will it be lead at all costs or swoopers making the most of a fast pace? Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fartoomuch 1,376 Report post Posted May 25, 2018 2 hours ago, Bruce M said: I'm not sure what to think about tonight's mile night at Alexandra Park. It's something different but why not 1700m? Horses could still get a terrific mile rate without the difficulties of the mile starting point. It'll be interesting to see where the winners come from...will it be lead at all costs or swoopers making the most of a fast pace? Its an interesting experiment Bruce, im thinking they are carrying out an exercise to see if holding the Jewels there in future is possible Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
tim vince 985 Report post Posted May 25, 2018 Went well. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Taku Umanga 194 Report post Posted May 25, 2018 5 hours ago, tim vince said: Went well. Agreed - very enyoyable night Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fartoomuch 1,376 Report post Posted May 25, 2018 Good news then for the club then , well done for trying something new Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
hsvman 294 Report post Posted May 26, 2018 After all the conversations over the years about the mile being a poor start point at Alex park I thought it was a good even spread of leaders from all draws. Wasn’t 1—3 leading ever race . If anything it was harder for the inside runners to stop being crossed as with the extra 100m straight line run before start the outside runners have fully balanced up before the gate leaves. Fartoomuch, Hayden Sefonte and tasman man 11 3 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bruce M 143 Report post Posted May 26, 2018 It certainly beat my expectations.Look at the winning draws 9-12-8-5-12-4-8-3-6-8......who'd have thunk the most winning draw would be the outside of the front line followed by twelve. How many won from the lead or passing lane? Fartoomuch 1 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
tim vince 985 Report post Posted May 27, 2018 Hsvman should know Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
rangi 73 Report post Posted May 27, 2018 I went along to see how this experiment would work and I would agree it was a success with action packed racing and competitive racing and horses winning from so called bad draws Well done ATC Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
ivanthegreat 1,123 Report post Posted May 28, 2018 On 27/05/2018 at 10:21 AM, Bruce M said: It certainly beat my expectations.Look at the winning draws 9-12-8-5-12-4-8-3-6-8......who'd have thunk the most winning draw would be the outside of the front line followed by twelve. How many won from the lead or passing lane? These results IMO are a function of the lack of depth of quality. So it may pay to ignore this anomaly next Saturday. Thejanitor 1 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...