This weekend I felt the runs of Khas Kura and Pinwheel in Sydney were worthy of listing for the future. Both had to work during their respective races and fought on tenaciously to go down but with honour. A visit to Brisbane would not surprise. There has only been one runner for my stable with The Jackal running an excellent second to the most promising Border Rebel - certainly no disgrace to be runner up to that horse. The list stands atThe Jackal Phelan Ready Stryker Graceful Anna Gold Water K
This weekend I felt the runs of Khas Kura and Pinwheel in Sydney were worthy of listing for the future. Both had to work during their respective races and fought on tenaciously to go down but with honour. A visit to Brisbane would not surprise. There has only been one runner for my stable with The Jackal running an excellent second to the most promising Border Rebel - certainly no disgrace to be runner up to that horse. The list stands at
The Jackal Phelan Ready Stryker Graceful Anna Gold Water Khas Kura Pinwheel
The pace should increase for my list over the next few weeks.
I was most interested to read Neil Evans column in "The Sportsman" where he stated that "three lengths can just cover the field... unless you have a real star or two" as far as Group races are concerned. I know respected form analyst Steve Moran has also said much the same thing for quite some time. Neil adds, "the days of picket fencing in good company are long gone" and apart from the likes of standouts like Typhoon Tracy one has to admit both writers have quite a good case. Neil Evans quite rightly feels the lesser class races offer the punter a better chance of winning due to the fields containing two or three genuine winning chances. As a keen punter on Perth races I know, due to the restricted horse population, that several times per year there are horses that can string a trio of wins together, and on occasions even more, when going through the grades. This rarely happens in the Eastern states.
However, on the other side of the punting coin I have a punting mate who has had magnificent set of profit figures by just betting in Group 1 races over the last five years. His opinion is that all the runners are at their peak for their respective Grand Finals and that the best horses win enough times at good odds to make just concentrating on Group 1 races his future punting path. He now knows he can still lose on one season or maybe even two as we are talking about just under 70 Group 1 races per year but after 300 odds races and a nice profit he is feeling very confident. All this goes to prove is that there are two roads punters can travel on and in the long run their individual performance figures tell their own tale.