Are they serious? Looks like some anti-Aussie bias from the the British Horseracing Authority handicappers - they've rated mudder Mayson's Grp 1 July Cup (6f) win at Newmarket UK as 'superior' to Black Caviar's win in the Grp 1 Diamond Jubilee Stakes (6f) at Ascot. Mayson led all the way to win the Newmarket sprint by five lengths - but it was run on a very heavy track, even by UK standards. BHA handicappers rate the win at 119 against their assessment of 117 for Black Caviar's Royal Ascot victo
Are they serious? Looks like some anti-Aussie bias from the the British Horseracing Authority handicappers - they've rated mudder Mayson's Grp 1 July Cup (6f) win at Newmarket UK as 'superior' to Black Caviar's win in the Grp 1 Diamond Jubilee Stakes (6f) at Ascot. Mayson led all the way to win the Newmarket sprint by five lengths - but it was run on a very heavy track, even by UK standards. BHA handicappers rate the win at 119 against their assessment of 117 for Black Caviar's Royal Ascot victory.
Aussie jockeys Zac Purton and Brett Prebble finished 2nd and 3rd on the Hong Kong premiership ladder for the season just completed. Purton had 64 winners at a strike rate of 13.3% while Prebble rode 63 winners at 13.8%. Sth African legend Douglas Whyte topped the title battle with a whopping 107 winners at 19.1%. Tye Angland finished nthe season with a respectable 37 winners at 9.5%, while Tim Clark rode 28 winners at 5.4%.
Aussie trainer John Size was the #1 trainer in Hong Kong in 2011-12. He wound up with 70 winners at a strike rate of 13.6%. Fellow Aussie John Moore was 2nd on the ladder with 56 winners at 11.5%. David Hall had an ordinary year with 28 winners at 7.9%.