New Posts For Thread: Reflections on the Archttps://community.betfair.com/horse_racing/go/thread/view/94102/30104375/reflections-on-the-arcTreve easily won the Arc and is rightly being hailed as a very good horse,exceptional for its generation.However one fact which has not received due consideration is the massive weight allowance 3 year olds and inparticular 3 yr old fillies receive fUsually the best three year olds are retired at the end of the season so do not get a chance to defend their crown. This shrews the figures in favour of the three year olds as they often don't have to race against the best of the previous generation.https://community.betfair.com/horse_racing/go/thread/view/94102/30104375/reflections-on-the-arc?post_id=535859575#535859575Usually the best three year olds are retired at the end of the season so do not get a chance to defend their crown. This shrews the figures in favour of the three year olds as they often don't have to race against the best of the previous generation.Wed, 09 Oct 2013 08:24:04 -0500Those King George stats are misleading onlooker, very few good 3yo's seem to contest the race in recent years, 2006/7/8 not one 3yo contested the race. In 2010 one 3yo contested the race Nathaniel who won, in 2011 one 3yo contested the race a 20/1 rahttps://community.betfair.com/horse_racing/go/thread/view/94102/30104375/reflections-on-the-arc?post_id=535859409#535859409Those King George stats are misleading onlooker, very few good 3yo's seem to contest the race in recent years, 2006/7/8 not one 3yo contested the race. In 2010 one 3yo contested the race Nathaniel who won, in 2011 one 3yo contested the race a 20/1 raWed, 09 Oct 2013 08:14:16 -0500The King George run in July opposed to the Arc in October surely makes a difference.https://community.betfair.com/horse_racing/go/thread/view/94102/30104375/reflections-on-the-arc?post_id=535859173#535859173The King George run in July opposed to the Arc in October surely makes a difference.Wed, 09 Oct 2013 07:53:41 -050016 out of the last 20 in the Arc.https://community.betfair.com/horse_racing/go/thread/view/94102/30104375/reflections-on-the-arc?post_id=535859147#53585914716 out of the last 20 in the Arc.Wed, 09 Oct 2013 07:51:24 -0500Most of these 'Weight-for-Age' complaints - are a 'knee-jerk' reaction to recent events.Never better exampled as by the King George and Queen ElizabethII Stakes at Ascot.Following years on the race being won by outstanding 3-yr-olds such as ....NOJIhttps://community.betfair.com/horse_racing/go/thread/view/94102/30104375/reflections-on-the-arc?post_id=535859091#535859091Most of these 'Weight-for-Age' complaints - are a 'knee-jerk' reaction to recent events.Never better exampled as by the King George and Queen ElizabethII Stakes at Ascot.Following years on the race being won by outstanding 3-yr-olds such as ....NOJIWed, 09 Oct 2013 07:47:04 -0500Why do people keep going about the fillies, it's the 3 year old allowance full stop.https://community.betfair.com/horse_racing/go/thread/view/94102/30104375/reflections-on-the-arc?post_id=535859019#535859019Why do people keep going about the fillies, it's the 3 year old allowance full stop.Wed, 09 Oct 2013 07:43:19 -0500There's an argument for reviewing the WFA allowance scale imo, but I don't see why it should be scrapped altogether.However one fact which has not received due consideration is the massive weight allowance 3 year olds and inparticular 3 yr old filliehttps://community.betfair.com/horse_racing/go/thread/view/94102/30104375/reflections-on-the-arc?post_id=535858749#535858749There's an argument for reviewing the WFA allowance scale imo, but I don't see why it should be scrapped altogether.However one fact which has not received due consideration is the massive weight allowance 3 year olds and inparticular 3 yr old fillieWed, 09 Oct 2013 07:19:41 -0500*diminishedhttps://community.betfair.com/horse_racing/go/thread/view/94102/30104375/reflections-on-the-arc?post_id=535858605#535858605*diminishedWed, 09 Oct 2013 07:05:15 -0500Treve's win is actually dimished by the allowance system. She's so good, that she'd probably have won the Arc without any allowance whatsoever - either age or gender, and she'd be one of the very few 3yo fillies to have done so. Instead, there are lohttps://community.betfair.com/horse_racing/go/thread/view/94102/30104375/reflections-on-the-arc?post_id=535858599#535858599Treve's win is actually dimished by the allowance system. She's so good, that she'd probably have won the Arc without any allowance whatsoever - either age or gender, and she'd be one of the very few 3yo fillies to have done so. Instead, there are loWed, 09 Oct 2013 07:04:57 -0500Why not give Scottish horses an allowance? They haven't won many Arcs or KGs.This whole 'allowance' business is basically flawed for so-called championship races. They shouldn't be referred to as championship races. They should be referred to as allohttps://community.betfair.com/horse_racing/go/thread/view/94102/30104375/reflections-on-the-arc?post_id=535858503#535858503Why not give Scottish horses an allowance? They haven't won many Arcs or KGs.This whole 'allowance' business is basically flawed for so-called championship races. They shouldn't be referred to as championship races. They should be referred to as alloWed, 09 Oct 2013 06:55:30 -0500