Starts

Craig Eudey Wrote:

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> gg, it depends on each individual horse. You get
> the very quiet ones that almost go to sleep in the
> pens and when the pen opens they are slow out. The
> longer they are in there the more they relax and
> can miss the start. Every horse is different.


Craig after the stipes scratching the horse in the 7th at Fairview every trainer should complain
When a horse is slow away or not ready
Imagine howmany non runners we will get with 1st timers

Craig Eudey Wrote:

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> gg, it depends on each individual horse. You get
> the very quiet ones that almost go to sleep in the
> pens and when the pen opens they are slow out. The
> longer they are in there the more they relax and
> can miss the start. Every horse is different.


Rather go back to the old days before starting stalls with them circling at the start ,a real test for the jockey and much better for the horse !

Should their not be a max time from the start of loading till the gates open . esp. in the short sprint races ?

Craig Eudey Wrote:

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> gg I and many trainers would like to see horses
> loaded by draw and not the rating method as stands
> at the moment. The present method is not good for
> your well schooled horses as it makes them go in
> 1st. The horses that are not schooled properley go
> in last. It makes some trainers not school them
> properley so that they go in late which is an
> advantage. Starters have said to me that about 80%
> of the horses that mess around come from 20% of
> the trainers.

craig, i agree this could be the case, but in all honesty i see a very big bias toward the fancied runner/s in a race being loaded last. sure there have been times where favs have gone in first and still won, but the majority of the time it seems as thou the fav (regardless of starting problems) seems to go in the last 20% or so of horses.

for those clanners with real time on their hands, maybe someone could test this over a week and have a see?