Chief Stipe

Dan O'Sullivan rates her Manikato win higher than Think About It's win in The Everest. I guess that puts In Secret's form into perspective.

After jumping well, Opie Bosson took the lead on Imperatriz in the Group 1 Manikato Stakes, and despite the small field, he still ran along at a respectable early speed... this was no sit-and-sprint race. Imperatriz produced an elite show of sustained speed to win easily, running a 108 rating to match her previous peak. Her three best ratings this preparation of 108, 108 and 106, sit above the 105 that Think About It ran to narrowly win The Everest two weeks ago. Her two 108 ratings rank above I Wish I Win's 107.5 Group 1 TJ Smith win in the Autumn and Giga Kick's peak of 106.7 from the Autumn. By all objective rating measures, Imperatriz deserves to be considered Australia's best Sprinter. In the last three years, only Nature Strip (three times 108.5 to 111.6), Eduardo (110.5), Bivouac (111.2) and Classique Legend (111.7) have rated higher than Imperatriz up to 1200m. I Am Me was 3.3 lengths behind Imperatriz, with her 100.4 rating slightly up on the 100 rating she ran to win in Sydney at her last start and a 100.2 win first-up. Uncommon James improved on his 96.5 behind Asfoora at Caulfield to match his 99.7 rating when first-up behind Imperatriz in the Group 1 Moir Stakes over 1000m. He's racing 0.4 to 0.8 lengths off his two peak ratings from last preparation of 101.7 (winning the G1 Oakleigh Plate with 53.5kg) and 100.7 (2nd in the Group 1 Galaxy with 54.5kg.).

It's a standard to measure against.

The rating is based on a number of factors e.g. the competition, time etc. It's just a rating on a race win. I'm surprised you didn't point out the number of The Everest winners on the list. He rates Imperatriz's win at 108 which only 3 horses in the last 3 years have rated higher. Adds weight to the view she is the best WFA sprinter in Australia at the moment.

The first MBIE employees (probably 1,000 of them) to go should be those involved with the Fart Measuring Sattelite. You see the cost isn't just salaries (avg. $120k+ per employee) but the cost of the dumb arse decisions they make. https://www.rnz.co.nz/news/national/500881/why-nz-invested-29m-in-a-methane-satellite-unlikely-to-improve-our-farm-emission-estimates

Perception is not everything. The facts are what are important. Which Board member influences operational or judicial decisions to their benefit? Invariably the same people who point the finger over a perceived conflict of interest also complain about board members not understanding or having an interest in racing. Name one RIB Judicial decision at any level that has been influenced by a Board member.

How is there a conflict of interest? Are you suggesting a Board member has ANY influence on operational matters?

That link doesn't tell me anything!

Sure Chazza

I'm with some people who actually like it. I'd love a split screen.

Yeah but wait until the TMO gets onto it and starts pinging all the half carters! Note: a half carter is someone who doesn't trail behind the horse in front exactly but has half a cart outward to gain an advantage over something coming from behind.

But the Stipes are experts on everything else why didn't they pick it up?

I quite like the drone footage at Kaikoura today. You can actually see your horse better than the side on. Perhaps they should put a number on the back of the horse?

In Harness Racing in NZ you'd get put out for a week for poor driving. In Australia you'd get 10 days (meetings!) suspension. Remember Ben Melham?

I'm sure you'll ride in on your white horse.

I copied the information from Racing.com. At least I knew Imperatriz had won 7 Group 1's.

Come on Chazza tell the world.

FFS - at least you've found the 7 Gr 1's to start with. 7 Gr1 + 4 Gr2 + 2 Gr 3 = 13 Group wins. Racing.com has it wrong (see below).

Are you a newbie to Thoroughbred Racing? Even a friend of mine who has only recently (last two months) taken an interest in racing knows that Imperatriz has 7 Grp 1 wins! https://m.facebook.com/story.php?story_fbid=pfbid034MXZWTVbMHUMMzxXYLXDZYQpH8ahhEiwbCvVe16vmVBRQNKBXGuyyEpLWF5BLYQ7l&id=100068691452967&mibextid=ZbWKwL

Not many horses win 7 Grp 1's and are NOT called champions. Let alone break track records while doing it. 14 Group wins so far. Very few horses do that.

Imperatriz the first horse to win the 3 Grp 1 sprints in the same year at Moonee Valley.

2 points.

5 Grp 1's this year.