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it could be argued that any form of handicapping is fundamentally flawed though Rory

 

you can go through a variety of ways of rating a horse..they all have flaws

 

Speed Figures

Earnings Per Start

Yardstick

Race standardisation

 

when i use yardstick form with a horse like CH..I am playing by the rules of the forum in a way..its not my preferred way of rating horses..but most of you guys use this way of rating horses so its just a conversation point for me tbh

 

i don't think anyone can be 100% confident they know how good a horse is..the game is too variable to ever have your judgement conclusively proven.

 

best we can do is have a good stab at it

 

when i mentioned Celestial H..i mentioned him purely in the context that although he isn't what he was..he isn't easy to beat a long way..and only two have done this

 

my whole point was.. not being pedantic about what his actual rating is..but trying to show that Oscar Whiskey has done what only Binocular has done..which i daftly thought were a bit smart:)

 

i'm not saying its a completely sound way to compare the two horses..but it may be another insight into how good OW is..or it might be bollox:)..then again..we all might be talking bollox..maybe the whole gme is 50% random:)


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