Apr 1, 2015 -- 6:09AM, barry rico wrote:
Unioniste won over 3 miles at Sandown on officially soft ground . theres a hell of a difference running another mile and half . plus like i stated its 75 years since a 7 year old or younger won the race . am pretty sure some punters will take a chance on him
Apr 1, 2015 -- 5:36PM, Roger The Butler wrote:
Somerset Sam 01 Apr 15 13:10 More worryingly is the fact you rule out the horse due to its age. That means the square root of jack sh!t, especially when the "inexperienced" horse had its formative years in France. More worryingly is the fact that you think a 7 year old can win when the last one to do it was in 1940!
The lunatics have broken out the asylum. How many 7 year olds have actually tried?
So we'll rule out greys, horses ridden by females, jockeys with five letters in their name blah blah blah. Total poppycock.
Stats are an indication but ultimately have no actual influence on a given day for a given race. The horse does not know what the stats say.
Apr 11, 2015 -- 4:19PM, Roger The Butler wrote:
Surely a 7 year old has as good a chance as any, especially as they often win a different race over a shorter trip in another country? Oh no, they still don't even have a sniff.
Your stats wouldnt have given you yesterdays winner whatever way you look at them. You cant argue with that in any way shape or form. (Or maybe you will )
To spell it out for you:
8 year olds 0-59 over the last 10 years, (prior to yesterday) Oops.
11st 9 lb the highest weight carried in the race since Red Rum over 40 years ago. Oops.
It did have a noseband on though.
Give Ray Parker jnr a call. #Trendssmyarse