An Old WarningNothing's certain in racing.Surprised at this comment? Of course not.But for many years now I've warned against the outside barriers in sprints at Rosehill.Except when it's wet. Then all bets are off anyway.I suggest you use Saturday's meeting as a theoretical practice run for the big races ahead. Circle the two outside draws in all races of 1100, 1200 and 1300 metres.Ignore the races with eight or nine starters, as obviously the issue becomes irrelevant.See if anything comes of th
An Old Warning
Nothing's certain in racing.
Surprised at this comment? Of course not.
But for many years now I've warned against the outside barriers in sprints at Rosehill.
Except when it's wet. Then all bets are off anyway.
I suggest you use Saturday's meeting as a theoretical practice run for the big races ahead. Circle the two outside draws in all races of 1100, 1200 and 1300 metres.
Ignore the races with eight or nine starters, as obviously the issue becomes irrelevant.
See if anything comes of this simple test manoeuvre.
We can have a look afterwards. The fields are small this weekend but there might still be a noticeable trend.
The Golden Slipper is one race where I've saved a lot of money by avoiding those outside barriers. It's quite true that the statistics say some races ARE won from out there, but it would be interesting to know if many - or ANY - of the BIG ones have been!
I doubt it very much.
The handicap is too great, even for the early speedsters.
We're testing a few ideas at the moment. Saturday's idea concerns My Bentley and Bentonic in Race 5 at Caulfield.
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