Brodie Posted November 30 Share Posted November 30 (edited) Was looking thru the fixed odds as you do, at Methven on Sunday. Race 9 a 43 to 65 discretionary trot has 2 horses at $301 fixed to win! Has there ever been odds as high as this fixed from the Bookies on harness before? Both horses are non winners from the Lionel Dodds stable, and look as though they are starting as there is no maiden trot on the card! Now they both have an assessment within the 43 to 65 range but seriously it does show what a stupid grading system it is! They both appear to be trotters that will very much struggle to win a race and yet Methven have allowed to race against horses that have won multiple races, and these two maidens would be lucky to win unless they had a massive start. Neither have any show of being near the money and they are going to be an inconvenience to the legitimate chances in the race! Of course the trainer is allowed to nominate his horses for the race as they qualify due to the grading system, but SERIOUSLY Methven Club should be looking at what they have done by allowing these non winners into a race winners field when they have got no show whatsoever! Others opinions? Edited November 30 by Brodie 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brodie Posted November 30 Author Share Posted November 30 1 hour ago, Brodie said: Was looking thru the fixed odds as you do, at Methven on Sunday. Race 9 a 43 to 65 discretionary trot has 2 horses at $301 fixed to win! Has there ever been odds as high as this fixed from the Bookies on harness before? Both horses are non winners from the Lionel Dodds stable, and look as though they are starting as there is no maiden trot on the card! Now they both have an assessment within the 43 to 65 range but seriously it does show what a stupid grading system it is! They both appear to be trotters that will very much struggle to win a race and yet Methven have allowed to race against horses that have won multiple races, and these two maidens would be lucky to win unless they had a massive start. Neither have any show of being near the money and they are going to be an inconvenience to the legitimate chances in the race! Of course the trainer is allowed to nominate his horses for the race as they qualify due to the grading system, but SERIOUSLY Methven Club should be looking at what they have done by allowing these non winners into a race winners field when they have got no show whatsoever! Others opinions? Apologies to Lionel it is Dobbs not Dodds. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rangatira Posted November 30 Share Posted November 30 1 hour ago, Brodie said: Race 9 a 43 to 65 discretionary trot has 2 horses at $301 fixed to win! i reckon you could get somewhere between 6 and 7 cents on 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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