the galah Posted October 7 Share Posted October 7 (edited) When are they going to fix the handicapping system? Pinseeker should never have had to run in yesterdays methven cup,but the handicapping sytem really left connections with little choice if they want to race him. He had started 9 times for 4 wins prior and had his first start less than a year ago. theres something wrong with the handicapping system when a promising 4 win horse like him is forced to run against experienced open class horses so early in his career. Hes the type of horse that connections should have been able to target mid grade races at the cup meeting and run for good money against other horses with similar records. it was like the main race at addington 3 weeks ago. There the 3 win,9 start 3 year old betterthancash had to start in a r60 and faster race. Horses like the above should be able to win more races and more money before they have to race in the top grade. I had thought they were supposed to be changing the handicapping system. Wasn't that one of the recommendations of that horse utilisation group?HRNZ seem to be sitting on their hands and not making the needed changes that were recommended. Edited October 7 by the galah Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
the galah Posted October 7 Author Share Posted October 7 21 minutes ago, the galah said: When are they going to fix the handicapping system? Pinseeker should never have had to run in yesterdays methven cup,but the handicapping sytem really left connections with little choice if they want to race him. He had started 9 times for 4 wins prior and had his first start less than a year ago. theres something wrong with the handicapping system when a promising 4 win horse like him is forced to run against experienced open class horses so early in his career. Hes the type of horse that connections should have been able to target mid grade races at the cup meeting and run for good money against other horses with similar records. it was like the main race at addington 3 weeks ago. There the 3 win,9 start 3 year old betterthancash had to start in a r60 and faster race. Horses like the above should be able to win more races and more money before they have to race in the top grade. I had thought they were supposed to be changing the handicapping system. Wasn't that one of the recommendations of that horse utilisation group?HRNZ seem to be sitting on their hands and not making the needed changes that were recommended. I just looked at fridays meeting and i see pinseeker could have run in a $25,000 race this week,where the 4 highest rated horses are the big lebowski,jimmy james mcguire,pure courage and raging whitebait.So i guess they chose to put him in the methven cup instead of the much easier race on friday for a good stake. That still doesn't change the fact that horses who win 2, 3 or 4 races early in their career are still being unfairly penalised in the handicapping system. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Spatchcock Posted October 7 Share Posted October 7 We was huge in the Hannon at start 8 tbf. Owners wanted to try for a Cup start... trainer far less inclined. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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