New Posts For Thread: Thanks for the lay Luke.https://community.betfair.com/horse_racing/go/thread/view/94102/31847659/thanks-for-the-lay-lukeYou Don't often let me down!Godeend...lol ..backed it lto ...https://community.betfair.com/horse_racing/go/thread/view/94102/31847659/thanks-for-the-lay-luke?post_id=564143549#564143549Godeend...lol ..backed it lto ...Mon, 08 Jul 2024 14:52:42 -0500Oh absolutely agree on your general premise. A poor selection given its level of achievement. You'd usually want another 10lbs on the pre-race RPR to feel comfortable.The only issues though l are in this specific instance, how ropey was the winner sohttps://community.betfair.com/horse_racing/go/thread/view/94102/31847659/thanks-for-the-lay-luke?post_id=564143273#564143273Oh absolutely agree on your general premise. A poor selection given its level of achievement. You'd usually want another 10lbs on the pre-race RPR to feel comfortable.The only issues though l are in this specific instance, how ropey was the winner soMon, 08 Jul 2024 13:41:54 -05002 wins from last 29 rides. 4/1 and 9/4Fhttps://community.betfair.com/horse_racing/go/thread/view/94102/31847659/thanks-for-the-lay-luke?post_id=564143253#5641432532 wins from last 29 rides. 4/1 and 9/4FMon, 08 Jul 2024 13:37:41 -050038 winners from 458 rides this year (8%) -£108https://community.betfair.com/horse_racing/go/thread/view/94102/31847659/thanks-for-the-lay-luke?post_id=564143235#56414323538 winners from 458 rides this year (8%) -£108Mon, 08 Jul 2024 13:33:29 -0500I'm not defending the ride j foxxx - but it was a terrible price all things considered. One of those races where you have no idea exactly what will beat it - but feel quite sure something will (at the prices).https://community.betfair.com/horse_racing/go/thread/view/94102/31847659/thanks-for-the-lay-luke?post_id=564143223#564143223I'm not defending the ride j foxxx - but it was a terrible price all things considered. One of those races where you have no idea exactly what will beat it - but feel quite sure something will (at the prices).Mon, 08 Jul 2024 13:30:34 -0500There's a smidge of logic in there Management but the problem is...1) What won the race? A horse clearly inferior in RPRs/TSs achieved so far. So how did it win it?; and2) Are you really suggesting the fav wouldn't have done better if allowed to makehttps://community.betfair.com/horse_racing/go/thread/view/94102/31847659/thanks-for-the-lay-luke?post_id=564143199#564143199There's a smidge of logic in there Management but the problem is...1) What won the race? A horse clearly inferior in RPRs/TSs achieved so far. So how did it win it?; and2) Are you really suggesting the fav wouldn't have done better if allowed to makeMon, 08 Jul 2024 13:27:06 -0500Shirley the horse is just a bit of a dog? Three prior runs and a bets RPR of 64?Equally poor speed ratings. She might prove me wrong at some point but odds-on (for what she has achieved in those three races) was surely madness today, even in a poor rhttps://community.betfair.com/horse_racing/go/thread/view/94102/31847659/thanks-for-the-lay-luke?post_id=564143155#564143155Shirley the horse is just a bit of a dog? Three prior runs and a bets RPR of 64?Equally poor speed ratings. She might prove me wrong at some point but odds-on (for what she has achieved in those three races) was surely madness today, even in a poor rMon, 08 Jul 2024 13:14:04 -0500Given the two market rivals were also unraced, experience alone would have allowed him to pinch a few lengths had he bowled along.It was incompetent and unintelligent race riding to such a high degree it bordered on criminal.https://community.betfair.com/horse_racing/go/thread/view/94102/31847659/thanks-for-the-lay-luke?post_id=564143139#564143139Given the two market rivals were also unraced, experience alone would have allowed him to pinch a few lengths had he bowled along.It was incompetent and unintelligent race riding to such a high degree it bordered on criminal.Mon, 08 Jul 2024 13:09:26 -0500He’s just a horrible excuse for a jockey, often unbalancing his mounts as he flails away at ithttps://community.betfair.com/horse_racing/go/thread/view/94102/31847659/thanks-for-the-lay-luke?post_id=564143121#564143121He’s just a horrible excuse for a jockey, often unbalancing his mounts as he flails away at itMon, 08 Jul 2024 13:03:03 -0500It bowled along at Beverly and made two superior rivals work hard to get past.You really have to wonder about the logic of then letting it pull like a train behind lesser beasts.It was still reefing and pulling after 4 furlongs.https://community.betfair.com/horse_racing/go/thread/view/94102/31847659/thanks-for-the-lay-luke?post_id=564143113#564143113It bowled along at Beverly and made two superior rivals work hard to get past.You really have to wonder about the logic of then letting it pull like a train behind lesser beasts.It was still reefing and pulling after 4 furlongs.Mon, 08 Jul 2024 13:01:26 -0500