Inconsistency in RacingáI have to agree with the people who contacted me after the final race at Randwick on July 25.How the hell could that horse win? was the general theme of the angry emails. Speaking through my hip pocket I am with them all the way. The horse ran nowhere at its previous two starts after a totally inglorious trip to Melbourne, where they were confident it would perform well. On Saturday it came home like Apache Cat to demolish the three runners that I - and most punters- beli
Inconsistency in Racing
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I have to agree with the people who contacted me after the final race at Randwick on July 25.
How the hell could that horse win? was the general theme of the angry emails. Speaking through my hip pocket I am with them all the way. The horse ran nowhere at its previous two starts after a totally inglorious trip to Melbourne, where they were confident it would perform well. On Saturday it came home like Apache Cat to demolish the three runners that I - and most punters- believed were the only chances in the race.
Yes, they ran 2-3-4.
He'd had four runs on heavy: no places.
Last two runs on heavy for 10/13 and second last.
One win from five on slow.
Makes you spit chips? It did the punters. The trainer agreed he hadn't expected the horse to win.
I can only advise you that we put the result in the "too hard" basket; that we troop right on, as if it were one of those little upsets that get in the road of a normal and ordered existence.
The problem with inconsistency is that you can never be sure. Like Saturday. If the horse is in your race it COULD blow you out. Some might argue that this bloke, with a 25% win strike rate, matches most metropolitan horses with his record. But it's HOW he does it. When even the trainer doesn't know, we're up against it.
It's not a cop-out on my part, but after all these years I only know one way of dealing with horrible things like this that happen in racing. Things that cannot be explained.
You just carry on...
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