New Posts For Thread: Gold Cup - misleading trend...you decide?https://community.betfair.com/cheltenham2011/go/thread/view/113609/27127713/gold-cup---misleading-trendyou-decideJust looking at the bare statistics of 10 year old + horses winning the Gold Cup could lead you to believe that there will be a new winner this year.Could anyone tell me the last time a Gold Cup was run where 3 of the horses thatfall into the 'too olYou'll have to pour all your winnings into the state coffers...we need every cent we can gethttps://community.betfair.com/cheltenham2011/go/thread/view/113609/27127713/gold-cup---misleading-trendyou-decide?post_id=487990501#487990501You'll have to pour all your winnings into the state coffers...we need every cent we can getFri, 04 Mar 2011 10:30:40 -0600LOL - all my ante-post bets were paid for on expenses!https://community.betfair.com/cheltenham2011/go/thread/view/113609/27127713/gold-cup---misleading-trendyou-decide?post_id=487989137#487989137LOL - all my ante-post bets were paid for on expenses!Fri, 04 Mar 2011 10:16:06 -0600Are you the same Ming The Merciless that just got elected to Dail Eireann (Irish Parliament) under his real name Luke 'Ming' Flanagan? He is an independent who campaigned on a legalise dope/save our hospital platform. Or is that just a coincidence?Onhttps://community.betfair.com/cheltenham2011/go/thread/view/113609/27127713/gold-cup---misleading-trendyou-decide?post_id=487988585#487988585Are you the same Ming The Merciless that just got elected to Dail Eireann (Irish Parliament) under his real name Luke 'Ming' Flanagan? He is an independent who campaigned on a legalise dope/save our hospital platform. Or is that just a coincidence?OnFri, 04 Mar 2011 10:09:59 -0600kaycee - nice post, the stat broke what was labelled a two horse race.I just want to point out another age trend here and that was Masterminded winning the QM as a 5yo (jaw dropping performance). If a horse is exceptional it can buck a trend, you alshttps://community.betfair.com/cheltenham2011/go/thread/view/113609/27127713/gold-cup---misleading-trendyou-decide?post_id=487949485#487949485kaycee - nice post, the stat broke what was labelled a two horse race.I just want to point out another age trend here and that was Masterminded winning the QM as a 5yo (jaw dropping performance). If a horse is exceptional it can buck a trend, you alsFri, 04 Mar 2011 01:52:29 -0600Trend shmendhttps://community.betfair.com/cheltenham2011/go/thread/view/113609/27127713/gold-cup---misleading-trendyou-decide?post_id=487927849#487927849Trend shmendThu, 03 Mar 2011 20:47:53 -0600CVB, agree that IC is well looked after by NTD so he could buck the 10-y-o trend, but Kauto and Denman failed that test last year. Why would they do better as 11-y-olds? Bar retirement, they've nowhere left to go except the Gold Cup, so should they bhttps://community.betfair.com/cheltenham2011/go/thread/view/113609/27127713/gold-cup---misleading-trendyou-decide?post_id=487914681#487914681CVB, agree that IC is well looked after by NTD so he could buck the 10-y-o trend, but Kauto and Denman failed that test last year. Why would they do better as 11-y-olds? Bar retirement, they've nowhere left to go except the Gold Cup, so should they bThu, 03 Mar 2011 18:56:44 -0600I agree, its a long time since there were 11 year olds of this calibre running in a gold cup. I too would be overlooking that trend this time aroundhttps://community.betfair.com/cheltenham2011/go/thread/view/113609/27127713/gold-cup---misleading-trendyou-decide?post_id=487912841#487912841I agree, its a long time since there were 11 year olds of this calibre running in a gold cup. I too would be overlooking that trend this time aroundThu, 03 Mar 2011 18:37:38 -0600Thought there might be a better response to this given the amount of times I have seen the trend bandied about.https://community.betfair.com/cheltenham2011/go/thread/view/113609/27127713/gold-cup---misleading-trendyou-decide?post_id=487912437#487912437Thought there might be a better response to this given the amount of times I have seen the trend bandied about.Thu, 03 Mar 2011 18:33:11 -0600Most of the horses 10 or older had no chance based on their form that season. Also so many of the older houses are taken care of and lightly raced these days. Then we have the facts that kauto and denman are already breaking trends and records. Whilehttps://community.betfair.com/cheltenham2011/go/thread/view/113609/27127713/gold-cup---misleading-trendyou-decide?post_id=487828485#487828485Most of the horses 10 or older had no chance based on their form that season. Also so many of the older houses are taken care of and lightly raced these days. Then we have the facts that kauto and denman are already breaking trends and records. WhileThu, 03 Mar 2011 04:34:30 -0600Similar sort of question.:One trend is "winner aged 7-9".Another is "6-12 chase runs".How many runners have there been in the last 10-15 years who were 10+ but had run fewer than 13 chases?https://community.betfair.com/cheltenham2011/go/thread/view/113609/27127713/gold-cup---misleading-trendyou-decide?post_id=487828225#487828225Similar sort of question.:One trend is "winner aged 7-9".Another is "6-12 chase runs".How many runners have there been in the last 10-15 years who were 10+ but had run fewer than 13 chases?Thu, 03 Mar 2011 04:29:41 -0600