New Posts For Thread: Is the 7 year old stat relevant?https://community.betfair.com/aintree2011/go/thread/view/121613/29052071/is-the-7-year-old-stat-relevantOr have the right horse not gone for it? I remember Big Fella Thanks was all the range 3 years but people were saying he couldn't win because he was 7. He didn't win but he ran just as well as he did the next two years when eight and nine. Has anyoneyes i agree with that roger.winning the GN is normally a plan,thought of a few years before,which would be difficult to do with a 7 year old.tom taaffe has said,the GN has been treacles plan from the age of threehttps://community.betfair.com/aintree2011/go/thread/view/121613/29052071/is-the-7-year-old-stat-relevant?post_id=518493341#518493341yes i agree with that roger.winning the GN is normally a plan,thought of a few years before,which would be difficult to do with a 7 year old.tom taaffe has said,the GN has been treacles plan from the age of threeWed, 11 Apr 2012 10:49:29 -0500scrub the 'not' in line 1 abovehttps://community.betfair.com/aintree2011/go/thread/view/121613/29052071/is-the-7-year-old-stat-relevant?post_id=518492861#518492861scrub the 'not' in line 1 aboveWed, 11 Apr 2012 10:36:53 -0500You have to look beyond age as a number (and don't forget, not all horses 'birthday' is january 1st on year of foaling irrespective of whether they were born on 2nd January or 31st December.Is it their maturity or their experience that counts againsthttps://community.betfair.com/aintree2011/go/thread/view/121613/29052071/is-the-7-year-old-stat-relevant?post_id=518492823#518492823You have to look beyond age as a number (and don't forget, not all horses 'birthday' is january 1st on year of foaling irrespective of whether they were born on 2nd January or 31st December.Is it their maturity or their experience that counts againstWed, 11 Apr 2012 10:35:51 -0500Bogskar, ridden by Mervyn Jones and trained by Lord Stalbridge at Pound Stables near Newbury, and carrying 10-04 was the last 7 year old to win the National in 1940.https://community.betfair.com/aintree2011/go/thread/view/121613/29052071/is-the-7-year-old-stat-relevant?post_id=518489631#518489631Bogskar, ridden by Mervyn Jones and trained by Lord Stalbridge at Pound Stables near Newbury, and carrying 10-04 was the last 7 year old to win the National in 1940.Wed, 11 Apr 2012 09:15:54 -0500Is it relevant?Well, there hasn't been a 7 year old winner of the National in the last 72 years.Make what you want of that.https://community.betfair.com/aintree2011/go/thread/view/121613/29052071/is-the-7-year-old-stat-relevant?post_id=518478635#518478635Is it relevant?Well, there hasn't been a 7 year old winner of the National in the last 72 years.Make what you want of that.Tue, 10 Apr 2012 23:05:56 -0500Oh ffs. Time to give up this online ranting malarkyhttps://community.betfair.com/aintree2011/go/thread/view/121613/29052071/is-the-7-year-old-stat-relevant?post_id=518473545#518473545Oh ffs. Time to give up this online ranting malarkyTue, 10 Apr 2012 18:54:33 -0500Too easy to say fluke just cos he was a huge price.Red Marauder was a fluke, with Paddy's Return taking out six or seven at the Canal Turn. Mon Mome was the best-handicapped horse on the day and lots of horses had a perfectly fair chance to beat himhttps://community.betfair.com/aintree2011/go/thread/view/121613/29052071/is-the-7-year-old-stat-relevant?post_id=518473501#518473501Too easy to say fluke just cos he was a huge price.Red Marauder was a fluke, with Paddy's Return taking out six or seven at the Canal Turn. Mon Mome was the best-handicapped horse on the day and lots of horses had a perfectly fair chance to beat himTue, 10 Apr 2012 18:52:54 -0500They might have been bunched at the turn for home, Wado, as happens every few years in the National, but he won by 12 lengths in the end. Comply Or Die and State Of Play in the places make it look a pretty regular National result to me.He had floppedhttps://community.betfair.com/aintree2011/go/thread/view/121613/29052071/is-the-7-year-old-stat-relevant?post_id=518473405#518473405They might have been bunched at the turn for home, Wado, as happens every few years in the National, but he won by 12 lengths in the end. Comply Or Die and State Of Play in the places make it look a pretty regular National result to me.He had floppedTue, 10 Apr 2012 18:48:33 -0500They might have been bunched at the turn for home, Wado, as happens every few years in the National, but he won by 12 lengths in the end. Comply Or Die and State Of Play in the places make it look a pretty regular National result to me.He had floppedhttps://community.betfair.com/aintree2011/go/thread/view/121613/29052071/is-the-7-year-old-stat-relevant?post_id=518473371#518473371They might have been bunched at the turn for home, Wado, as happens every few years in the National, but he won by 12 lengths in the end. Comply Or Die and State Of Play in the places make it look a pretty regular National result to me.He had floppedTue, 10 Apr 2012 18:47:31 -0500People often say Mon Mome was ignored because he was a French Bred but that wasn't the reason I (or I suspect a lot of people) ruled him out. He had a FAR more compelling stat against him & that was his run in 2008: mid-division, headway 18th, riddhttps://community.betfair.com/aintree2011/go/thread/view/121613/29052071/is-the-7-year-old-stat-relevant?post_id=518469917#518469917People often say Mon Mome was ignored because he was a French Bred but that wasn't the reason I (or I suspect a lot of people) ruled him out. He had a FAR more compelling stat against him & that was his run in 2008: mid-division, headway 18th, riddTue, 10 Apr 2012 16:35:21 -0500