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Again?

What other embarrassing remarks has he made?

The entire handicapping system has become far better since Smith took over. He's virtually single-handedly revived the Grand National by recognising the need for lowering the ORs of the better horses to tempt connections into running their horses.

I agree the above remark is a bit odd but I'd suggest he's referring to the racing media in general, in the sense that pundits tend to think horses can't be rated that high [190+], just as younger punters can't accept that Arkle was that much better than everything else before or since.

[QUOTE="Desert Orchid, post: 2224046, member: 65242"] Again? What other embarrassing remarks has he made? The entire handicapping system has become far better since Smith took over. He's virtually single-handedly revived the Grand National by recognising the need for lowering the ORs of the better horses to tempt connections into running their horses. I agree the above remark is a bit odd but I'd suggest he's referring to the racing media in general, in the sense that pundits tend to think horses can't be rated that high [190+], just as younger punters can't accept that Arkle was that much better than everything else before or since. [/QUOTE]

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