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As quoted in the RP:

Harris [the UK handicapper] said: “The one who stood out was Kopeck De Mee. All five runs have been in France, so we've not seen him in Britain or Ireland. He had a French mark meaning all we could do was use our normal procedure. We've given him 136 after following our standard way of conversion from the French model of two kilos, and he was 68 kilos [in France].

“The conversion used to be 2.2kgs, but we changed it to two kilos a few years ago. So while handicapping him was straightforward, ideally we would have seen the horse in Britain or Ireland and have had a better knowledge of his form. We're restricted on what we can do.”

This isn't a good advert for the UK handicappers. Not only should it be '2.2 pounds per kilo' but he doesn't give any justification for the historical change. It's not far short of calling the French handicappers incompetent.

<blockquote data-quote="Desert Orchid" data-source="post: 2694070" data-attributes="member: 65242">As quoted in the RP:Harris [the UK handicapper] said: “The one who stood out was Kopeck De Mee. All five runs have been in France, so we&#039;ve not seen him in Britain or Ireland. He had a French mark meaning all we could do was use our normal procedure. We&#039;ve given him 136 after following our standard way of conversion from the French model of two kilos, and he was 68 kilos [in France].“The conversion used to be 2.2kgs, but we changed it to two kilos a few years ago. So while handicapping him was straightforward, ideally we would have seen the horse in Britain or Ireland and have had a better knowledge of his form. We&#039;re restricted on what we can do.”This isn&#039;t a good advert for the UK handicappers. Not only should it be &#039;2.2 pounds per kilo&#039; but he doesn&#039;t give any justification for the historical change. It&#039;s not far short of calling the French handicappers incompetent.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Desert Orchid, post: 2694070, member: 65242"] As quoted in the RP: [COLOR=rgb(184, 49, 47)]Harris [/COLOR][COLOR=rgb(0, 0, 0)][the UK handicapper] [/COLOR][COLOR=rgb(184, 49, 47)]said: “The one who stood out was Kopeck De Mee. All five runs have been in France, so we've not seen him in Britain or Ireland. He had a French mark meaning all we could do was use our normal procedure. We've given him 136 after following our standard way of conversion from the French model of two kilos, and he was 68 kilos [in France]. “The conversion used to be 2.2kgs, but we changed it to two kilos a few years ago. So while handicapping him was straightforward, ideally we would have seen the horse in Britain or Ireland and have had a better knowledge of his form. We're restricted on what we can do.”[/COLOR] This isn't a good advert for the UK handicappers. Not only should it be '2.2 pounds per kilo' but he doesn't give any justification for the historical change. It's not far short of calling the French handicappers incompetent. [/QUOTE]

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