<div dir="ltr">lol</div><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">On Mon, Jun 7, 2021 at 3:37 PM L.B.Loveday <<a href="mailto:lloveday@ozemail.com.au">lloveday@ozemail.com.au</a>> wrote:<br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex">We used to have it a little differently Tony, albeit we used "rules" rather<br>
than "laws" -<br>
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"Rules are for the guidance of wise men and the blind obedience of fools".<br>
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From: Racing On Behalf Of Tony Moffat<br>
Sent: Monday, 7 June 2021 13:28 PM<br>
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Subject: [AusRace] Apprentice Power - a system<br>
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I'm not doing it right, obviously, as the instructions with this system are<br>
promising a 'succession of good priced winners' and what I have is a win at<br>
$83, then 34 probables, and a winner at $49.<br>
<br>
That/those 34 were not strictly system selects, although they were ridden by<br>
apprentices, and their previous race criteria were within the selection<br>
parameters. No, strictly I had a winner way back, then a winner recently<br>
($83 + $49) with a dearth of picks in between, how disappointing, how<br>
useless, what a waste of money!, he types attempting irony.<br>
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The rules<br>
<br>
The runner today is to be ridden by a claiming apprentice (those who have<br>
out ridden their claim are NOT considered)<br>
<br>
The race distance is less than 'a mile and no more' (1609 metres) Handicaps<br>
only<br>
<br>
There has to be a reason for the apprentice claim today<br>
(i) weight off<br>
(ii) up in distance<br>
(iii) drawn 'awkwardly' (wide)<br>
(iv) last run within 31 days<br>
<br>
The author uses the universal value of 3lbs off for all riders and was sure<br>
everybody (this was then) could make the weight. <br>
The rider, using his claim, must ride at the new weight. If the rider could<br>
not make the weight, utilise their full claim (of 3lbs) then that horse was<br>
discarded. No examples were given although some statistics were given, most<br>
favourable to the system rules.<br>
<br>
Some sums<br>
<br>
MR5 Muswellbrook (Josh Richards 2 kg) won this but its selection was<br>
discarded because of the barrier, got to have laws (for the protection of<br>
honest persons and the guidance of fools)<br>
MR6 Alana Kelly had won on this previously, the weight off clause works,<br>
barrier ok, except it was up in distance (discarded)<br>
MR7 Mikaela Lawrence (3kg) could not get the handicap weight below that in<br>
the previous race (when she rode also), barrier, discard<br>
MR8 Josh Richards (2Kg) could not get the handicap below that in the<br>
previous race (when he rode also) -discard Bairnsdale R$ Celine Gaudray<br>
qualified - 2nd $4.40 Bairnsdale R6 Celine Gaudray qualified - fail SR 3<br>
Dylan Gibbons qualified (@54.5, he rides at 54Kg) third $26 SR 4 Dylan<br>
Gibbons again - fail - others(2) discarded because of weight clause SR 7<br>
Casey Waddell rides at 51kg, her ride had 55kg less 2 kg claim, ridden at 53<br>
kg - fail $10<br>
<br>
Not good examples are they?, but typical of the past runs I looked at.<br>
<br>
The author writes ' horses often run well for 'boys' (this was then) because<br>
the young men take their rides forward early, forward and 1 or two wide in<br>
running, which is often a position the horse has not been in before, for a<br>
while, and often this is the pattern of its last win, forward and in clean<br>
air'.<br>
<br>
I have not seen too many systems involving/including apprentices, most often<br>
those apprentices are to be ignored, as are their rides. In reality, money<br>
squawkes, and riders in-the-money score better than their average. <br>
<br>
Another way, perhaps not<br>
<br>
Cheers<br>
<br>
Tony<br>
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