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How economic is Phil Smith being with the truth although anyone can make mistakes? He said he dropped Cause of Causes to 150 but he ran off 142 according to the Racing Post last week, so presumably will be going up 13lbs rather than 5lbs. Although he was rated 150 for the National for some reason, must be the Aintree factor. Regarding Silver Birch, unfortunately got rid of my old Racing Posts but have no recollection of him being well in for The National, something I used to check regularly for previous Nationals, he certainly wasn't listed as +10. It's hard to believe any horse would start at 33/1 with it well known he was 10lbs well in. Maybe Phil Smith kept it to himself till after he won the National, after all he's always been loath to give any revised marks to Irish horses untill they are entered in a race here. He never gave a revised mark to Rule The World last year although the Irish handicapper did.

<blockquote data-quote="Dante" data-source="post: 2565393" data-attributes="member: 65344"><p>How economic is Phil Smith being with the truth although anyone can make mistakes? He said he dropped Cause of Causes to 150 but he ran off 142 according to the Racing Post last week, so presumably will be going up 13lbs rather than 5lbs.&nbsp; Although he was rated 150 for the National for some reason, must be the Aintree factor.&nbsp; Regarding Silver Birch, unfortunately got rid of my old Racing Posts but have no recollection of him being well in for The National, something I used to check regularly for previous Nationals, he certainly wasn&#039;t listed as +10. It&#039;s hard to believe any horse would start at 33/1 with it well known he was 10lbs well in. Maybe Phil Smith kept it to himself till after he won the National, after all he&#039;s always been loath to give any revised marks to Irish horses untill they are entered in a race here. He never gave a revised mark to Rule The World last year although the Irish handicapper did.</p></blockquote><p></p>

[QUOTE="Dante, post: 2565393, member: 65344"] How economic is Phil Smith being with the truth although anyone can make mistakes? He said he dropped Cause of Causes to 150 but he ran off 142 according to the Racing Post last week, so presumably will be going up 13lbs rather than 5lbs. Although he was rated 150 for the National for some reason, must be the Aintree factor. Regarding Silver Birch, unfortunately got rid of my old Racing Posts but have no recollection of him being well in for The National, something I used to check regularly for previous Nationals, he certainly wasn't listed as +10. It's hard to believe any horse would start at 33/1 with it well known he was 10lbs well in. Maybe Phil Smith kept it to himself till after he won the National, after all he's always been loath to give any revised marks to Irish horses untill they are entered in a race here. He never gave a revised mark to Rule The World last year although the Irish handicapper did. [/QUOTE]

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