New Posts For Thread: Tattersalls Gold Cup in danger of losing its Group One Status?https://community.betfair.com/irish_sports/go/thread/view/94110/29940951/tattersalls-gold-cup-in-danger-of-losing-its-group-one-statusIn the last 5 runnings we've had 6,5,6,5,5 strong fields, this years field currently holds only 4 entries, in 4 of the last 5 running there has been 4 heavy odds on favs from Ballydoyle this year we have another one in Camelot, surely the European paA 2 horse group one?? think about it guys something wrong somewhere?https://community.betfair.com/irish_sports/go/thread/view/94110/29940951/tattersalls-gold-cup-in-danger-of-losing-its-group-one-status?post_id=532576633#532576633A 2 horse group one?? think about it guys something wrong somewhere?Sun, 26 May 2013 13:32:21 -0500Good to see a British winner of it tbh....Keeps the race moving forward anywayshttps://community.betfair.com/irish_sports/go/thread/view/94110/29940951/tattersalls-gold-cup-in-danger-of-losing-its-group-one-status?post_id=532569951#532569951Good to see a British winner of it tbh....Keeps the race moving forward anywaysSun, 26 May 2013 09:27:12 -0500I think its safe as a g1 for a long while. turnout has no bearing. Politics has a fair amount to do with it but essentially as long as you have group1 winners contesting it and group1 winners comming from it then its pretty easy to justify it to thehttps://community.betfair.com/irish_sports/go/thread/view/94110/29940951/tattersalls-gold-cup-in-danger-of-losing-its-group-one-status?post_id=532569443#532569443I think its safe as a g1 for a long while. turnout has no bearing. Politics has a fair amount to do with it but essentially as long as you have group1 winners contesting it and group1 winners comming from it then its pretty easy to justify it to theSun, 26 May 2013 09:08:09 -0500I think he should be relegated to a Group 2. Its too early in the season....especially with the that Group 1 at Epsom for older horses over a week later.https://community.betfair.com/irish_sports/go/thread/view/94110/29940951/tattersalls-gold-cup-in-danger-of-losing-its-group-one-status?post_id=532567229#532567229I think he should be relegated to a Group 2. Its too early in the season....especially with the that Group 1 at Epsom for older horses over a week later.Sun, 26 May 2013 07:09:33 -0500Shame Dermot Weld isnt running Princess Highway to support the race as its Group 1 status will be definitely jeopardised by this 'match' race - race is a shadow of its former self with nobody willing to take on the Ballydoyle hotpot except Godolphinhttps://community.betfair.com/irish_sports/go/thread/view/94110/29940951/tattersalls-gold-cup-in-danger-of-losing-its-group-one-status?post_id=532534223#532534223Shame Dermot Weld isnt running Princess Highway to support the race as its Group 1 status will be definitely jeopardised by this 'match' race - race is a shadow of its former self with nobody willing to take on the Ballydoyle hotpot except GodolphinFri, 24 May 2013 18:20:37 -0500Tips, Al Kazeem is a decent horse but his group 2 Jockey Club win seemed to fly in the face of anything he achieved before but that was over further and on softish ground, you can pick plenty of holes in the horses previous form, yes I know Camelotshttps://community.betfair.com/irish_sports/go/thread/view/94110/29940951/tattersalls-gold-cup-in-danger-of-losing-its-group-one-status?post_id=532522027#532522027Tips, Al Kazeem is a decent horse but his group 2 Jockey Club win seemed to fly in the face of anything he achieved before but that was over further and on softish ground, you can pick plenty of holes in the horses previous form, yes I know CamelotsFri, 24 May 2013 10:02:34 -0500Yeh Tolmi this is how it works,"A Group race must meet the ratings criteria over a rolling three-year period. Group 1 races require an average rating for the first four home to be 115. A Group 2 race is 110, a Group 3 race 105 and Listed must be 100.https://community.betfair.com/irish_sports/go/thread/view/94110/29940951/tattersalls-gold-cup-in-danger-of-losing-its-group-one-status?post_id=532521497#532521497Yeh Tolmi this is how it works,"A Group race must meet the ratings criteria over a rolling three-year period. Group 1 races require an average rating for the first four home to be 115. A Group 2 race is 110, a Group 3 race 105 and Listed must be 100.Fri, 24 May 2013 09:44:50 -0500al kazeem is a proper horsehttps://community.betfair.com/irish_sports/go/thread/view/94110/29940951/tattersalls-gold-cup-in-danger-of-losing-its-group-one-status?post_id=532520957#532520957al kazeem is a proper horseFri, 24 May 2013 09:24:43 -0500Is there not a mechanism whereby they assess the ratings of winners and placed horses over a rolling 3 year period in order to assess the continuation of its status?I don't think small fields come into their assessment but I would agree that it is behttps://community.betfair.com/irish_sports/go/thread/view/94110/29940951/tattersalls-gold-cup-in-danger-of-losing-its-group-one-status?post_id=532519749#532519749Is there not a mechanism whereby they assess the ratings of winners and placed horses over a rolling 3 year period in order to assess the continuation of its status?I don't think small fields come into their assessment but I would agree that it is beFri, 24 May 2013 08:34:31 -0500In the last 5 runnings we've had 6,5,6,5,5 strong fields, this years field currently holds only 4 entries, in 4 of the last 5 running there has been 4 heavy odds on favs from Ballydoyle this year we have another one in Camelot, surely the European pahttps://community.betfair.com/irish_sports/go/thread/view/94110/29940951/tattersalls-gold-cup-in-danger-of-losing-its-group-one-status?post_id=532517819#532517819In the last 5 runnings we've had 6,5,6,5,5 strong fields, this years field currently holds only 4 entries, in 4 of the last 5 running there has been 4 heavy odds on favs from Ballydoyle this year we have another one in Camelot, surely the European paFri, 24 May 2013 06:54:14 -0500