Loopy Logic wrote: Current rules are simple. 1st Timers has to be picked for JP and in P6 the 1st previously raced horse past the post also qualifies.
The one that should be "Wukkin Up" is the punter thinking he can take a bet knowing the rules & the risk if he does not include the 1st Timer...he has clearly accepted the risk when he left that 1st timer out.
In a race where you have 2 favorites, 1 of them racing from a 17 draw and they have tried to win 5 & 9 times respectively clearly no superstars and you have Wukkin Up ridden by Alec Forbes that already had a winner by then (Bunker Bill) on a decent Trainers horse (Anthony) that has his first horse running for the day of only 2 the other one having no chance and does not even have a jockey declared yet...
No use crying about it when you knew the rules and the risk not picking that 1st timer
Forbes was NOT carded to ride this horse - Replaced Kennedy
(6% strike rate!!!) - Had never seen the horse before he stepped into the ring. Anthony has a 5.8% strike rate - Last win on 11th March - The Dam never won a race - No other foals to compare with - MULLINS BAY is no superstar sire and was put on auction by Summerhill in February and actually died earlier this year with his best horse to date being a five-time-winner GIATANO who won a protected race and placed in a Gr 1- The horse had ZERO betting support drifted from 33-1 to 50-1. As to the other horse not having a jockey, Kennedy was also supposed to ride that. There was no indication other than guess work that this horse would win. The other first-timer finished second last
