tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30525374.post3938898830253341151..comments2024-03-19T09:19:39.519+00:00Comments on Stable Life: Weighty matters on a winter nightJohn Berryhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02266884652423059813noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30525374.post-65694471894723093542016-02-25T12:55:14.466+00:002016-02-25T12:55:14.466+00:00John...you really had me chuckling reading your di...John...you really had me chuckling reading your disposition about weighing bloody horses. There is a huge gap in the understanding of the animals between people who own, race or train them and the punter, who try to treat them like automons. I guess it's all part of the fun of keeping said punters interested and investing by dangling more carrots before to them with the hope they find the key to nirvana. Even the TV pundits go into limitless minutiae in trying to find the winner. <br />I have heard it all now I think, from " I fancy this one because it's been clipped out since its last race"..to " It won't win because it only runs left handed with a following wind ". Even [ and it will be impossible to implement in any relevant manner as you so humourously put] we do publish weights, only the professionals, and more specifically its trainer, will be able to interpret it's meaning in any substantive way. Other than the trainer, who would know what work regime it had had recently, what feeding program it had be on and had it changed recently. <br />The other major factor to assess in the chances of a horse winning is whether it is placed to win on any single occasion or as a step in its education/experience, almost irrespective of form,weight ..... or whether it's clipped out or not !<br />Great post John.....David J Winter.https://www.blogger.com/profile/11475841930227369913noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30525374.post-21285627319993467442016-02-25T12:55:08.405+00:002016-02-25T12:55:08.405+00:00John...you really had me chuckling reading your di...John...you really had me chuckling reading your disposition about weighing bloody horses. There is a huge gap in the understanding of the animals between people who own, race or train them and the punter, who try to treat them like automons. I guess it's all part of the fun of keeping said punters interested and investing by dangling more carrots before to them with the hope they find the key to nirvana. Even the TV pundits go into limitless minutiae in trying to find the winner. <br />I have heard it all now I think, from " I fancy this one because it's been clipped out since its last race"..to " It won't win because it only runs left handed with a following wind ". Even [ and it will be impossible to implement in any relevant manner as you so humourously put] we do publish weights, only the professionals, and more specifically its trainer, will be able to interpret it's meaning in any substantive way. Other than the trainer, who would know what work regime it had had recently, what feeding program it had be on and had it changed recently. <br />The other major factor to assess in the chances of a horse winning is whether it is placed to win on any single occasion or as a step in its education/experience, almost irrespective of form,weight ..... or whether it's clipped out or not !<br />Great post John.....David J Winter.https://www.blogger.com/profile/11475841930227369913noreply@blogger.com