The Vaal Thursday

Now we can understand why punters are unhappy sometimes.
Before Noon from 8-10 out to 18-10 and gets pulled out the race.
Not like something happened in the race as he wasn't travelling very well from the start.
Doubt the horse was fit to run in the first place.
For sure we will get something like pulled up lame or respiratory noise but we will never know if he had a problem before or during the race.

Definitely not saying a trainer would run their horse knowing it wasn't right,just saying maybe between the jockey and the vet they might have missed something by mistake.

For a few dollars more I would continue punting.

I fancy Golden Spiral in the last e/w

and this despite the trainer comment...

Chris Jonker

No 2 One-Oh-Wonder – Touched off last time, can go close again.
Can't be more transparent than that

Race 7 graduation plate weights are very muddling in my opinion

2/1 on isle de France at the off and doesn’t run a place. Seriously...

Eish,Isle De France,another favourite pretty much pulled out the race.

Absolutely nothing to do with the running in the race the obvious indicator was the drift someone knew something and said something and the closest person to the horse is the trainer

Shadley wrote: and this despite the trainer comment...

Chris Jonker

No 2 One-Oh-Wonder – Touched off last time, can go close again.
Can't be more transparent than that

Amazing to see that out of 15 local races run so far (yesterday and today) 7 wins from claiming Apprentices- Now certain punters are barking about Marcus losing on Favs but for me it is pretty clear that the weight off is far more important than the perceived skill of the rider.. A kid with only 10 rides or even less can win a race simply because off the favorable handicap - In my mind its like Hamilton racing against a relatively novice Formula 3 driver - both have exactly the same cars but Hamilton has a 25kg bag of cement in the boot.. In a straight drag he should not win but when they use a complete circuit Hamilton's experience will help - Much more to do with the horse and weight than the Jockey generally

Race 1 adorable Alley 8/10
Race 6 Before noon. 1/1. Out to 18/10
Race 7. Isle de France. 8/10. Out to 2/1 just before the off.
I notice with Interbet a minute before the off someone’s offering major stretch and volume on all 3 of these. Someone in the know about well being.
The thing is that if you gave these horse a 10 kg claimed not one would have run a place. They were all Sut and gone with 400 to go...all 3 short priced horses.Wouldnt take 50/1 a place in running at the 400. This happens a lot with jhb racing.

BATMAN wrote: Race 1 adorable Alley 8/10
Race 6 Before noon. 1/1. Out to 18/10
Race 7. Isle de France. 8/10. Out to 2/1 just before the off.
I notice with Interbet a minute before the off someone’s offering major stretch and volume on all 3 of these. Someone in the know about well being.
The thing is that if you gave these horse a 10 kg claimed not one would have run a place. They were all Sut and gone with 400 to go...all 3 short priced horses.Wouldnt take 50/1 a place in running at the 400. This happens a lot with jhb racing.

I also noticed this alarming drift. Funny how some people seem to be in the know just before the off of a race. I had Isle the france in an exotic and threw my ticket in the bin when it couldnt find a place.

BATMAN wrote: Race 1 adorable Alley 8/10
Race 6 Before noon. 1/1. Out to 18/10
Race 7. Isle de France. 8/10. Out to 2/1 just before the off.
I notice with Interbet a minute before the off someone’s offering major stretch and volume on all 3 of these. Someone in the know about well being.
The thing is that if you gave these horse a 10 kg claimed not one would have run a place. They were all Sut and gone with 400 to go...all 3 short priced horses.Wouldnt take 50/1 a place in running at the 400. This happens a lot with jhb racing.

Before Noon not sriding out and blowing.
Isle De France not striding out.