why oh why dont sa trainers put pacemakers in feature races????????????????????????

our trainers moan and groan time after time regarding the lack of pace in staying feature so why NOT put your own pacemaker in like terrence millard did and aiden o brien does in europe...the fields havent got maximun runners so why not enter a 1400 metre horse in races like the paddock stakes or the met and ENSURE THAT THE PACE IS ON...there are no excuses in my book...only ramsden put a pacemaker in for variety club in the guineas and guess what it worked...surprize surprize

All horses are supposed to run on Merit

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THE LAST TIME I LOOKED owners such as the sheik the joostes adams etc had more than one horse in training...there are no excuses...

Terrence Millard -the tactician.

MDK even ran 1 in the queens plate for the other trainers

So the pacemaker must break the nhra rules and not run to merit? What about average joe in the tote who does not understand pacemakers and punts the horse ? Is he not being cheated?

the pacemaker will keep the hart beeting

soodum Wrote:

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> So the pacemaker must break the nhra rules and not
> run to merit? What about average joe in the tote
> who does not understand pacemakers and punts the
> horse ? Is he not being cheated?

not if they are backing the pacemaker in the Met

@Soodum
Happy Colours was put into the race as a pacemaker for Sage Throne who needed a good pace to justify favouritism..if there was no pacemaker/pace in that race and Sage Throne got beaten because of false run race wouldnt anyone who backed him have the right to feel hard done by??
the fact of the matter is that a true run race will produce the right result 99% of the time....

I agree titch,a true run race is what we want,but inevitably there will be ppl who will punt the pacemaker and lose money

As for the pacemaker in the met,Igugu s gallop this morning was not all the inspiring

A thorny issue. Pacemakers are by definition not exactly triers in terms of the rules, but countless races both big and small have been ruined by the lack of pace and produced false results which make future form study difficult. On balance, I'll take a good pace every time. The more savvy punters will work it out, and like with most other things in life the harder you work the more likely you are to be rewarded.