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Gus

On every board I've posted on you get people who won't accept speed figures mean anything - its as though its an anorak domain...a bit nerdy and not masculine at all

i'm surprised really because on this board such as Warbler demonstrated on numerous accasions just how useful they are..Rail Link being one example.

I don't particulary think yardstick handicapping is what its cracked up to be..but I use it so I can see where people are coming from..otherwise I could do the same and say they are a complete waste of time as they don't predict to the nearest nth what a horse is capable of.

You always find as well that people expect speed figures to be to the nearest millionth of an inch..or they are worthless..whereas that kind of accuracy is not demanded with any other form of handicapping

dismiss tools at your peril is my thinking tbh

<blockquote data-quote="EC1" data-source="post: 2281165" data-attributes="member: 65360">Gus&nbsp;On every board I&#039;ve posted on you get people who won&#039;t accept speed figures mean anything - its as though its an anorak domain...a bit nerdy and not masculine at all<img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f642.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=":)" title="Smile&nbsp; &nbsp; :)"&nbsp; data-smilie="1"data-shortname=":)" />&nbsp;i&#039;m surprised really because on this board such as Warbler demonstrated on numerous accasions just how useful they are..Rail Link being one example.&nbsp;I don&#039;t particulary think yardstick handicapping is what its cracked up to be..but I use it so I can see where people are coming from..otherwise I could do the same and say they are a complete waste of time as they don&#039;t predict to the nearest nth what a horse is capable of.&nbsp;You always find as well that people expect speed figures to be to the nearest millionth of an inch..or they are worthless..whereas that kind of accuracy is not demanded with any other form of handicapping&nbsp;dismiss tools at your peril is my thinking tbh</blockquote>

[QUOTE="EC1, post: 2281165, member: 65360"] Gus On every board I've posted on you get people who won't accept speed figures mean anything - its as though its an anorak domain...a bit nerdy and not masculine at all:) i'm surprised really because on this board such as Warbler demonstrated on numerous accasions just how useful they are..Rail Link being one example. I don't particulary think yardstick handicapping is what its cracked up to be..but I use it so I can see where people are coming from..otherwise I could do the same and say they are a complete waste of time as they don't predict to the nearest nth what a horse is capable of. You always find as well that people expect speed figures to be to the nearest millionth of an inch..or they are worthless..whereas that kind of accuracy is not demanded with any other form of handicapping dismiss tools at your peril is my thinking tbh [/QUOTE]

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