Betfair Chase

Yes Alun was Warbler. He's in the middle of setting up a business venture and tied for time but I suspect he'll be back from his self-imposed exile at some point.
 
reet hard said:
Crazy, crazy place.
Today's race time - over 3m 1f - was just 15.8 secs outside Kauto Star's 3m course record, and the 2m Intermediate Hurdle (from the same start, and on a wider course this year) was run 10.3secs faster than last year's edition, and just 7.9 secs slower than the course record.
From a time perspective, common sense dictates that the ground was borderline 'good' yesterday, but common sense is the last thing you'd label any information emanating from Haydock, and the temptation is to ignore the course totally as a future betting medium.
Kirkland Tellwright is a twat.
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WTF is going on there? 2 meetings since the above, and both going descriptions wildly at variance with what the clock says:
23 Nov gsr 5.2 official ground; SOFT RP timed ground: n/a
21 Dec gsr 5.3 official ground; SOFT RP timed ground: GOOD
30 Dec gsr 5.6 official ground; SFT(HVY R4) RP timed ground: GD/SFT

All 3 meetings ahow significant difference to the actual, and I'd advise anyone to check form from the track carefully before assuming a horse will act on the reported ground on the day.
 
Interesting postscript today as the 3m 1f Peter Marsh chase was run from the old 3m start - a furlong after where it should be, but still a furlong shy of where the Betfair started from.
The RP appear to have abandoned all hope with Kirkland, and no longer even bother to draw comparative times with previous meetings.
 
They barely touched the flat course, and even if they'd used it all it would only add c50/60 yards to each circuit.
Today's race was run just 27.4 secs slower than Kauto's 3m course record, an impossible time on heavy ground over a furlong further.
 
The RP have merely recorded information fed them by Haydock, likewise the going stick reading of 5.5, which puts yesterday's ground just 0.1 slower than the fastest they've raced on for the last 4 meetings. :rolleyes:
The temporary fencing on the crown of the bottom bend is plain to see from the replay, and the "approximate half a furlong" extension is as derisory as much else of the information emanating from the comedic stabs in the dark of the Haydock executive.
 
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