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Very high ratings given to kauto and denman,need to be lowered? not just these two? i maintain a view to having a maximum rating of say 170 in the hope that more novice types take there chance sooner to have a go at the older types in hcps? iknow many disagree with this but if denman runs in next years national?
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and so what if the top horses get the chance to run in more hcps off 170 they deserve the chance? just no penalty on the official system?
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I think there should be a peer-review system built in that is triggered before a big rise is imposed.
For instance, Kauto Star ran his best ever race in the King George. Now, since French-bred 10-year-olds are not normally still improving, should not the handicapper have wondered whether everything else ran below form for one reason or another? Madison du Berlais going up after beating a below-par Denman is another example. Or maybe a damping system: Flying Dancer improves by a stone but is put up only (say) 2/3 of that. Similarly we see moderate horses going up too much for running behind Group horses. So the handicapping system is right but its application needs tweaking imo. |