Blue 1,084 Report post Posted November 1, 2019 Unless they're the class of Oscar Bonavena. Just listening to the whale. Temporale as good as he is cannot win off 50 mtrs. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gruff 2,778 Report post Posted November 1, 2019 41 minutes ago, Blue said: Unless they're the class of Oscar Bonavena. Just listening to the whale. Temporale as good as he is cannot win off 50 mtrs. They can if the field is close to 6 seconds inferior Blue Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
ivanthegreat 1,123 Report post Posted November 5, 2019 I would have thought it was a REhandicapping issue.............. makes it impossible to pick one for Cambridge R4 2 night ? Maybe it picks itself Massive Metro off 40 but I dont know the Handicapping system well enough. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
SFD 16 Report post Posted November 5, 2019 I do believe Petite Evander beat the Pacers at Claudelands off a handicap back in the 70's ,as I was there . For those to young this is a half mile track Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
eljay 1,711 Report post Posted November 5, 2019 Temporale - track record! Off 50m blue. JJ Flash 1 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Blue 1,084 Report post Posted November 5, 2019 12 hours ago, eljay said: Temporale - track record! Off 50m blue. Not so Lloyd. Front horse started off 20 so backmarkers were only essentially on 30 mtre handicap. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
eljay 1,711 Report post Posted November 5, 2019 Still had to run 3250 metres JJ Flash 1 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nelli 426 Report post Posted November 5, 2019 It helped race over 2 miles and tiny field. Would be different story if 2700m and big field of comparable top level trotters. Was great to have the 2 mile races The pacer results showed that some horses need distance to shine. Even though a small trot field, the "catch me if you can" tactics on Gershwin added excitement and set up the track record. JJ Flash 1 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gruff 2,778 Report post Posted November 11, 2019 On 11/6/2019 at 9:09 AM, Blue said: Not so Lloyd. Front horse started off 20 so backmarkers were only essentially on 30 mtre handicap. Isnt that the nature of handicapping Blue? If the 20 m horse is two seconds superior to the front row and the 50 m 3 to the 20m youve got yourself a ‘competitive’ race taking as Nelli quite rightly pointed out field size,the stats on backmarkers in 2200m races a different kettle of fish but time parameters still most relevant JJ Flash 1 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...