mr hawaii wrote: COHIBA is an example of how the MR system benefits mediocre horse(Kudos to Brad Maroun for placing this old guy) He was rated 92 for just 2 runs early in his life. He has won his last eight races with a MR of less than 76. This guy has earned over 600k in stakes in the lower divisions (another that comes to mind is Where's My Chop) I think at some point you can make a case for a MR cap for a horse that has won 4 or more races? Also a horse that is a Group 1 winner or placed should surely never be rated less than 90?
The argument for MR always revolves around "what is fair" and what is forgotten is that every win by an older horse on an"on the way down discount" is depriving a win to younger horse trying to have a relevant "on the way up"career!
(And from a punters point of view , every time a horse like Cohiba (and there are plenty of them)"bounces back" P6's get carried over and punters do their balls)
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