<div dir="ltr">Think the Winter Championships were started about 40 years ago Tony. I've always considered it a relatively recent innovation. And a welcome one too. Makes the winter program more interesting. <div>For punters of a more mature vintage, you're making us feel bloody ancient. Around forever, forsooth. </div></div><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">On Fri, 13 May 2022 at 23:59, Tony Moffat <<a href="mailto:tonymoffat@bigpond.com">tonymoffat@bigpond.com</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">Continuing<br>
4 runners have scores of 5 (they have data arising from the (a) to (f)<br>
clauses listed below).<br>
Justacanta $16, Morvada $6, Bold Star $17, Triple Missile $3 favourite<br>
<br>
Triple M is emergency 1(and favourite), Newitt to ride and he is also<br>
nominated on 10 Mystery Shot.<br>
The field limit is 16 and Triple M is in but the other two emergencies may<br>
not be. Newitt is riding at 12% but <br>
has a heap of places. <br>
<br>
Scores of 4: Great Again, Superium, Mystery Shot, Pauls Regret, Morrissy<br>
<br>
Scores of 3: Biometric<br>
<br>
I set the day since last start as 84 (12 weeks)<br>
<br>
The also ran in this race would be notarised (alright, bookmarked) for<br>
upcoming races in the series<br>
<br>
I'm not betting in this although I did have some quadrellas<br>
<br>
Cheers<br>
<br>
Tony<br>
<br>
++++++++++++++++++++++++++++<br>
subject: [AusRace] The Winter Championship Series - a system<br>
<br>
Wyn Hunter-Leigh isn't real, although he played football quite well.<br>
<br>
He had changed his name before I knew him and he changed his name later<br>
although when I knew him he was Wyn, and in the Rugby Club environment he<br>
was Gwyneth (of course) and not because he played in the backline, although<br>
some of them had permed hair, truly. <br>
<br>
Wyn subscribed to the same rating provider that I did (Rem Plante) and after<br>
several subscription renewal periods he moved on. I had mentioned Plante to<br>
him.<br>
<br>
But I digress.<br>
<br>
<br>
Often good races have preludes. Think Slipper, Doncaster, most Cups etc.<br>
Runners often have to contest lead up races, and score or finish within 5<br>
lengths, maybe, in order to be considered for inclusion in a final.<br>
<br>
The Winter Championships are just such races and have been around forever.<br>
There are a series of preliminaries, both Metro and provincial, two country,<br>
then a final at Flemington as a listed race (what Grade 4 used to be).<br>
<br>
What Wyn did was categorise the runners in each race (the prelims)<br>
<br>
(a)Last start winner and better than 4/1 pre post ($5 in todays market) -<br>
include.<br>
<br>
(b)Contested a group race at sometime - include<br>
<br>
(c) Either of last three starts (any time) when this runner finished within<br>
3 lengths when 9/1 or longer ($10>=) - include<br>
<br>
(d) Place strike rate greater than 35% - include - although he told me this<br>
was 55%<br>
<br>
(e') change of distance - last race to this race -200m to +200m - include<br>
<br>
(f) change of weight - last race to this race - +2kg to -2kg - include<br>
<br>
Wyn now has 3 contenders (at least) in each race.<br>
<br>
Selection clauses like (a) to (f) may get you runners which qualify several<br>
times.<br>
<br>
The Winter Championships selections (Flemington R8) 1400 will follow. Six<br>
races on Saturday are the start or continuation of series racing.<br>
<br>
Cheers<br>
<br>
Tony<br>
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