Why Louis Goosen has a point .....

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Why Louis Goosen has a point .....

10 years 11 months ago
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about the merit rating system .

Featherfoot today ran of an mr of net 86 ( plus she had a 3 pound leeway from the appie )
she failed to win off that rating .

On Her last run , she ran to a rating of over 100 using not sulking as the line horse .
If it was not for the capping system she would have carried more than 5kg's then she did today .
What chance would she have had today off that her "true " rating ,when she could not even do it off her capped rating today ?

If feathefoot got the full penalty of her last run , i would think that her racing future would have been hindered to the extreme .

The capping rule may just have saved her racing career .

Lg has a point about certain aspects of the handicapping system having to be re looked .
Its not easy assigning these equine athletes their rating ......... wishing the hadicappers success

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Re: Why Louis Goosen has a point .....

10 years 11 months ago
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LG'S standpoint was seemingly echoed by SJGray when interviewed after the win of Yer- Maan.Said he better keep quite or he would get into trouble with the handicappers.

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Re: Why Louis Goosen has a point .....

10 years 11 months ago - 10 years 11 months ago
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Gautent three year old fillies have not impressed.They are overrated.Also I feel that most horses in RSA have too high a MR.In a years time this horse will be competing in a 69 mr handicap
In my opinion her true MR should be in the low 60s
According to Nico and Ali any maiden winning by three lengths is contender for this and that
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