gold circle continue to reward and prom mediocrity

Yes he does. Not sure it is right as have seen a horse finish 5/6 beaten 16 lengths or so get in before a horse that finished 6/16 beaten 3 lengths. As said the making and application of the rules is very difficult.

I am very happy that the trainer can choose his best runner!

Craig Eudey wrote: Yes he does. Not sure it is right as have seen a horse finish 5/6 beaten 16 lengths or so get in before a horse that finished 6/16 beaten 3 lengths. As said the making and application of the rules is very difficult.

Exactly ..............but the "rating" system is designed to tell which "run" is better....my point in my first post on the thread!!!!
As a trainer,of course you happy to choose .................until you work out it would be better if both run...............lol

Craig Eudey wrote: Yes he does. Not sure it is right as have seen a horse finish 5/6 beaten 16 lengths or so get in before a horse that finished 6/16 beaten 3 lengths. As said the making and application of the rules is very difficult.

Imo this is absolutely ridiculous - how can the finishing position be the deciding factor (and I know this happens in Gauteng as well) - MR has been introduced to judge ability - so the intention should be to apply MR as accurately as possible and then eliminations should be decided on that

How anyone can argue that elimination should be based on how many runners a trainer has in a race is beyond me - it is grossly unfair on the owner(s) of the eliminated runner.

I know it`s off season ,but is there something wrong with sundays program? a few of the races are poorly supported

Craig Eudey wrote: RF I think my change to your analogy is right but too hot to argue. It was not my idea but as James G said, his horse Run Softly has been eliminated it made a deserve runner 5 times since his last run.if the owner wants to keep the horse in training it is his right. He should be given the chance to have a run. I will find out tomorrow why a trainer got 2 runners in race 5 before 2 trainers got 1. James doesn't know.

any feedback on this?..i notice tomorrow night yogas govender has been forced to make a choice between two of his runners in race 4...big thumbs down for me as both have good form compared to some of the scrap left in