New Posts For Thread: Top Notch Tonto and the Cambridgeshire ..https://community.betfair.com/horse_antepost/go/thread/view/94098/30077391/top-notch-tonto-and-the-cambridgeshireHave connections suggested that will be the next stop and will it get in? Looked particularly impressive visually today. Figgis and Stevie G et al .. what about the time please?Yes, I'd say it's probably now the worst track in the country for time analysis. Courses like Newbury and Newmarket aren't as straight forward as people might think, but once you understand how much influence the wind can have there they're managablehttps://community.betfair.com/horse_antepost/go/thread/view/94098/30077391/top-notch-tonto-and-the-cambridgeshire?post_id=535829073#535829073Yes, I'd say it's probably now the worst track in the country for time analysis. Courses like Newbury and Newmarket aren't as straight forward as people might think, but once you understand how much influence the wind can have there they're managableMon, 07 Oct 2013 08:02:36 -0500my standards for Haydock are shot to pieces. Had some correspondence with the CoC while back which included the discovery that the 12f start (I think) had been moved so that the stands could see the stalls.Add in the new drainage that was applied tohttps://community.betfair.com/horse_antepost/go/thread/view/94098/30077391/top-notch-tonto-and-the-cambridgeshire?post_id=535828883#535828883my standards for Haydock are shot to pieces. Had some correspondence with the CoC while back which included the discovery that the 12f start (I think) had been moved so that the stands could see the stalls.Add in the new drainage that was applied toMon, 07 Oct 2013 07:51:03 -0500Yes, Stevie, I was guilty of underrating him too, I said he'd improved 5lbs, should've been double that. When they changed the official 1m 30y distance at Haydock to 1m a couple of years ago I soon realised my standard needed changing, which was madehttps://community.betfair.com/horse_antepost/go/thread/view/94098/30077391/top-notch-tonto-and-the-cambridgeshire?post_id=535828565#535828565Yes, Stevie, I was guilty of underrating him too, I said he'd improved 5lbs, should've been double that. When they changed the official 1m 30y distance at Haydock to 1m a couple of years ago I soon realised my standard needed changing, which was madeMon, 07 Oct 2013 07:24:44 -0500Had a snifter and a stonking bet on my beloved Alloa at 16/5. OI OI OI. Go on Lib.https://community.betfair.com/horse_antepost/go/thread/view/94098/30077391/top-notch-tonto-and-the-cambridgeshire?post_id=535800793#535800793Had a snifter and a stonking bet on my beloved Alloa at 16/5. OI OI OI. Go on Lib.Sat, 05 Oct 2013 13:27:47 -0500Baboushka.https://community.betfair.com/horse_antepost/go/thread/view/94098/30077391/top-notch-tonto-and-the-cambridgeshire?post_id=535800741#535800741Baboushka.Sat, 05 Oct 2013 13:25:59 -0500I was wrong Liberator, he's clearly improved.https://community.betfair.com/horse_antepost/go/thread/view/94098/30077391/top-notch-tonto-and-the-cambridgeshire?post_id=535795221#535795221I was wrong Liberator, he's clearly improved.Sat, 05 Oct 2013 08:54:04 -0500Of course it's people I overrated that Newmarket nursery Chief Barker won in which case perhaps the ground didn't slow by that much. Will wait to see how Trip To Paris (2nd in that Nursery) gets on in his next race first as according to my figures hehttps://community.betfair.com/horse_antepost/go/thread/view/94098/30077391/top-notch-tonto-and-the-cambridgeshire?post_id=535344287#535344287Of course it's people I overrated that Newmarket nursery Chief Barker won in which case perhaps the ground didn't slow by that much. Will wait to see how Trip To Paris (2nd in that Nursery) gets on in his next race first as according to my figures heSun, 08 Sep 2013 03:47:39 -0500Yes I had to increase my standard by 2.8s for the mile race, the 2yo race I gave Chief Barker a 100 last time, Chysellium a 90 and lily rules 83'. So a direct comparison after adjusting for wfa would lead me to a rating of 15lb higher for Top Notchhttps://community.betfair.com/horse_antepost/go/thread/view/94098/30077391/top-notch-tonto-and-the-cambridgeshire?post_id=535343375#535343375Yes I had to increase my standard by 2.8s for the mile race, the 2yo race I gave Chief Barker a 100 last time, Chysellium a 90 and lily rules 83'. So a direct comparison after adjusting for wfa would lead me to a rating of 15lb higher for Top NotchSun, 08 Sep 2013 01:15:33 -0500Thank - you boys. Something to think about.https://community.betfair.com/horse_antepost/go/thread/view/94098/30077391/top-notch-tonto-and-the-cambridgeshire?post_id=535343259#535343259Thank - you boys. Something to think about.Sun, 08 Sep 2013 00:53:54 -0500I have it as a 5lbs improvement from TNT, with some of those behind below their best. As Stevie says it depends what the handicapper does, he may overreact. The mile races were run 50y further than advertised and the 1m6f races were 100y further thanhttps://community.betfair.com/horse_antepost/go/thread/view/94098/30077391/top-notch-tonto-and-the-cambridgeshire?post_id=535337929#535337929I have it as a 5lbs improvement from TNT, with some of those behind below their best. As Stevie says it depends what the handicapper does, he may overreact. The mile races were run 50y further than advertised and the 1m6f races were 100y further thanSat, 07 Sep 2013 16:46:53 -0500