"SMALL IS BEAUTIFUL"A lot of money romped in using this title for a book in (if I recall correctly) the late 1970's by the British economics expert E.F.Schumacher.Maybe it can be beautiful. It certainly reduces the chances of interference in a horse race. And it reduces the effects of the draw, which proved especially relevant to last weekend's Doncaster.But it can bring together an evenly-matched set of horses with a lot going for them all... hence, a difficult, if not impossible, rac
"SMALL IS BEAUTIFUL"
A lot of money romped in using this title for a book in (if I recall correctly) the late 1970's by the British economics expert E.F.Schumacher.
Maybe it can be beautiful. It certainly reduces the chances of interference in a horse race. And it reduces the effects of the draw, which proved especially relevant to last weekend's Doncaster.
But it can bring together an evenly-matched set of horses with a lot going for them all... hence, a difficult, if not impossible, race to analyse.
Two such races will be staged at Randwick on Saturday: The Queen Elizabeth Stakes and the Sydney Cup.
The Q.E. contains (in my view) some horses that might be dispensed with. I come down to three that seem to have better chances than the other six, with one sort-of "don't knowish".
In the Cup, there are several big shows. I've managed to get it down to eight, After that I'm struggling.
What I propose now is that I leave you with this for about 36 hours (it's 8.30am Thursday local time as I write this).
Then I'll tell you what I have been able to work out with my analysis. No tips, mind, just (I hope!) some helpful guidance to patient analysis. We may end up with no confidence at all, and hence no decisions.
And no bets!
OK, see you in about a day and a half, when we can compare our analyses and see if we can all learn from that.