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very good post Simmo

i think its clear that the 3 main Nationals have a lot in common re higher weights.

Thats quite understandable and as you say its distance or how testing the ground is that makes it so.

If someone wants to redress it..it should apply to each race imo...but i cannot see how anyone can come up with a way of doing it without recourse to a lot of data going back years.

Another area where top weights do the opposite of this effect...win more than they should do...would also have to be looked at...most handicaps on the flat are won by horses at the top end of the handicap...surely that means that if those at further want an ease..then those at shorter distances want a greater impost..to make the whole thing a level playing field

[QUOTE="EC1, post: 2520083, member: 65360"] very good post Simmo i think its clear that the 3 main Nationals have a lot in common re higher weights. Thats quite understandable and as you say its distance or how testing the ground is that makes it so. If someone wants to redress it..it should apply to each race imo...but i cannot see how anyone can come up with a way of doing it without recourse to a lot of data going back years. Another area where top weights do the opposite of this effect...win more than they should do...would also have to be looked at...most handicaps on the flat are won by horses at the top end of the handicap...surely that means that if those at further want an ease..then those at shorter distances want a greater impost..to make the whole thing a level playing field [/QUOTE]

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