What Did We Learn?

What Did We Learn?The horse ran with the lesser lights and finished a gallant second after having some difficulty getting clear. The distance may have been just too far with the weight.The BIG lesson was that the TAB prices were always hopelessly short, after predictions of $5 and $4.50 had been rife for the previous 24 hours. Getting the predicted price with the bookmakers was no problem, but all the rank and file had gone with Bart, and 6/4 ($2.50) was around the mark for the machines.Interest

What Did We Learn?

The horse ran with the lesser lights and finished a gallant second after having some difficulty getting clear. The distance may have been just too far with the weight.

The BIG lesson was that the TAB prices were always hopelessly short, after predictions of $5 and $4.50 had been rife for the previous 24 hours. Getting the predicted price with the bookmakers was no problem, but all the rank and file had gone with Bart, and 6/4 ($2.50) was around the mark for the machines.

Interesting? Yes, I thought so too.

Did he pull the wrong rein? On post-race evidence, Without Compromise might well have won the next race and taken a cool $65,000 home. My guess is that the horse did EXACTLY what Bart expected it to do at this stage (perhaps he felt it might win... but might not...) and that he has something planned in the next three or four weeks. Or just maybe a bit longer.

Let's just see where he goes next. Will he try eventually for Newcastle in September? We'll use the horse's program to try to teach ourselves a lesson from the Master.

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