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  • PrattyPratty    244 posts
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    There is word around that Grand Nirvana will head to the Railway. If that is the case Playing God and Waratah's Secret would be equal top weight.

    ??? if it heads to the Railway surely it will be topweight
    Surely it's going Winterbottom? Hence change in markets etc.
  • NortherlyNortherly    251 posts
    Apologies I meant Winterbottom.
  • TheDivaTheDiva    13,248 posts
    # Horse Bl St Br Wgt Rtg Rider Trainer
    1 PLAYING GOD 0 57 m112 STEVEN PARNHAM NEVILLE PARNHAM
    2 WARATAH'S SECRET X 0 57 m112 PAUL HARVEY DAVID HARRISON
    3 RANGER B 0 56 m110 WILLIAM PIKE GRANT WILLIAMS
    4 KING KOOL KAT 0 55 m108 DUNCAN MILLER IAN GLADING
    5 LORDS RANSOM 0 54 m106 GRANT WILLIAMS
    6 AVIENUS B 0 53 m103 CRAIG WILLIAMS MARK WEBB
    7 BATTLE EMBLEM B 0 53 m99 GRANT WILLIAMS
    8 BIG TED 0 53 m91 MARCO CHUI IVAN HAGGERTY
    9 HE'S REMARKABLE(NZ) * 0 53 m102 KERRIN MC EVOY ROGER JAMES
    10 KINCAPLE(NZ) 0 53 m99 TROY TURNER MARK B. REED
    11 LUCKYGRAY 0 53 m99 SHAUN O'DONNELL GINO POLETTI
    12 MEGA STEEL 0 53 m98 JARRAD NOSKE BRUCE MC CLUNE
    13 ROCKY RANGE B 0 53 m92 ALAN MATHEWS
    14 SPACECRAFT * 0 53 m101 PETER KNUCKEY DAVID HAYES
    15 TRANQUILITY B 0 53 m92 JASON WHITING GRANT WILLIAMS
    16 WESTRIVER KEVYDONN 0 53 m97 PAIGE KENNEY
    17 OUR OL' FELLA E1 0 53 m88 SHAUN MC GRUDDY STEVE WOLFE
    18 RINGMEISTER E2 0 53 m84 LINDSEY SMITH
  • thefalconthefalcon    20,471 posts
    Fair field..a few should not be in it..just clutter....
  • H-BOMBERH-BOMBER    10,567 posts
    Arrg Ranger moves up in the weights to 56kg. Still my top pick
  • TorpedoPuntTorpedoPunt    1,891 posts
    The 3 down in the weights 9,10,11 and Ranger.
  • PLAYING GOD for mine - doesnt matter what gate it draws either
  • LuckyLongshotsLuckyLongshots    4,270 posts
    Latest Player odds:

    49825 1 Playing God $7.50 2.60 W/P
    100460 2 Waratah`s Secret $15 4.50 W/P
    102362 3 Ranger $3.80 1.70 W/P
    162314 4 King Kool Kat $31 8.50 W/P
    163867 5 Lords Ransom $61 16 W/P
    79611 6 Avienus $10 3.20 W/P
    8698 7 Battle Emblem $101 26 W/P
    3215 8 Big Ted $151 41 W/P
    5980 9 He`s Remarkable $7.50 2.60 W/P
    13455 10 Kincaple $19 5.50 W/P
    25234 11 Luckygray $5.00 2.00 W/P
    33747 12 Mega Steel $61 16 W/P
    35342 13 Rocky Range $61 16 W/P
    49411 14 Spacecraft $21 6.00 W/P
    49539 15 Tranquility $15 4.50 W/P
    50362 16 Westriver Kevydonn $13 4.00 W/P
    52550 17 Our Ol` Fella (1E) $151 41 W/P
    53387 18 Ringmeister (2E) $61 16 W/P
  • dungydungy    9,278 posts
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    PLAYING GOD for mine - doesnt matter what gate it draws either

    So if it draws 16 its still a moral ?
  • dungydungy    9,278 posts
    Lindsay Smith goes and books M Walker to ride Ringmeister ?? The horse is 2nd emergency was never going to start and now i see that Walker said he is not coming :lol: :lol:
  • dungydungy    9,278 posts
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    Wow, Ranger has been smacked, now 3.50..!

    Near on perfect draw 6 :wink: Pikey will be able to put him were he wants to all options now if he is within 3-4L from the leaders at the corner i reckon he is winning !!!!! Just needs a good ride
  • VoodooVoodoo    1,361 posts
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    Lindsay Smith goes and books M Walker to ride Ringmeister ?? The horse is 2nd emergency was never going to start and now i see that Walker said he is not coming :lol: :lol:

    And your point ?????

    cheers
  • dungydungy    9,278 posts
    said:

    said:

    Lindsay Smith goes and books M Walker to ride Ringmeister ?? The horse is 2nd emergency was never going to start and now i see that Walker said he is not coming :lol: :lol:

    And your point ?????

    cheers
    My point Voodoo is wouldnt you checked you have gained a start before booking over east jock ?? Why would he get on a flight to ride a 2nd emergency ?? It just doesnt make sense
  • H-BOMBERH-BOMBER    10,567 posts
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    Wow, Ranger has been smacked, now 3.50..!

    Near on perfect draw 6 :wink: Pikey will be able to put him were he wants to all options now if he is within 3-4L from the leaders at the corner i reckon he is winning !!!!! Just needs a good ride
    Very happy with 6, comes into 5 with EM out. Love the speed inside him and also the fact Mega Steel and Rocky range drawing right out will get going early. Pike will look after us.....
  • dungydungy    9,278 posts
    said:

    said:

    said:

    Wow, Ranger has been smacked, now 3.50..!

    Near on perfect draw 6 :wink: Pikey will be able to put him were he wants to all options now if he is within 3-4L from the leaders at the corner i reckon he is winning !!!!! Just needs a good ride
    Very happy with 6, comes into 5 with EM out. Love the speed inside him and also the fact Mega Steel and Rocky range drawing right out will get going early. Pike will look after us.....
    Lets hope H
  • VoodooVoodoo    1,361 posts
    Don't you think Mr Smith would have contacted Walker before engaging him ?
    Still possible to get a run...a lot can happen between now and Saturday morning.
    I would be trying to have the best available jockey....being second emergency is irrelevant.

    cheers
  • TheFunksterTheFunkster    3,840 posts
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    The 3 down in the weights 9,10,11 and Ranger.

    Wouldn't want to leave monkey boy out, he could win on a broomstick atm :wink:
  • VorgtrafficVorgtraffic    1,755 posts
    Ranger is huge unders.

    Simply because last start it was $9
  • TheFunksterTheFunkster    3,840 posts
    edited November 2011
    said:

    Ranger is huge unders.

    Simply because last start it was $9

    False favourite due to public perception and media.
    Avienus ran 2nd in the Gr1 Caulfield Stakes and is rock-hard fit.
    He's Remarkable is in top form, won a nice race during Cup week and was unlucky in the Gr2 mile at the Valley. Due to Avienus not travelling across too well i'm leaning towards him on top and a great e/w bet.
    Waratah's also great value. I'd be taking the $4.50 a place on him before i'd take the $3.60 for Ranger.
  • VorgtrafficVorgtraffic    1,755 posts
    Agree on both counts funkster. Both of them interested me a lot (WS and HR).

    HR drawn 1. Well it cant win now. KKK drawn well and could do something at good odds.
  • H-BOMBERH-BOMBER    10,567 posts
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    Ranger is huge unders.

    Simply because last start it was $9

    Sorry, but I dont get how last starts price has anything to do with it?

    It was $9 because on weights it couldnt win...BUT it still did......which gives the win even more merit, or are we placing too much emphasis on this win?

    Unfortunately it has gone up in the weights with the scratching of the top weights, and the handicapper rated that win very highly (whether rightly of wrongly)
  • TheFunksterTheFunkster    3,840 posts
    Anyone watch BWTS track-work this morning and care to comment on which horses they thought worked the best :?:
  • H-BOMBERH-BOMBER    10,567 posts
    I liked the way Luckygrey and King kool Kat worked this morning, but I am certainly no expert.
  • VorgtrafficVorgtraffic    1,755 posts
    said:

    said:

    Ranger is huge unders.

    Simply because last start it was $9

    Sorry, but I dont get how last starts price has anything to do with it?

    It was $9 because on weights it couldnt win...BUT it still did......which gives the win even more merit, or are we placing too much emphasis on this win?

    Unfortunately it has gone up in the weights with the scratching of the top weights, and the handicapper rated that win very highly (whether rightly of wrongly)
    Im pretty bad at explaining this but..

    WS was ~$2.30 in that race, ranger was $9. Although WS was beaten 3L, the race was only one possibility of what could have happened. The odds on the day suggest that over a period of time, WS would have won that race more times than ranger. It's as you say, that you shouldn't put too much emphasis on last start as it was one possibility of what could have happened.

    Does it seem right to you that a $9 shot becomes a $3.50 shot next start whereas a $2.30 shot drifts to $14.

    A simple example was on the weekend in a race in brisbane. Our Recidivist was a $5 shot against $3.50 favourite rundle. Our Recidivist wins the race by 1.3L at their last start. At the next start, rundle turns the tables at $5.50 where OR runs at $1.80 favourite. Does this seem right to you? The market simply hasn't acknowledged that a race is only one snapshot of what could have happened.
  • careycarey    6,424 posts
    said:

    said:

    Ranger is huge unders.

    Simply because last start it was $9

    Sorry, but I dont get how last starts price has anything to do with it?

    It was $9 because on weights it couldnt win...BUT it still did......which gives the win even more merit, or are we placing too much emphasis on this win?

    Unfortunately it has gone up in the weights with the scratching of the top weights, and the handicapper rated that win very highly (whether rightly of wrongly)
    it's still got a rating lower than horses it beat easily last time on level weights, so dunno how you figure he rated it highly......he just has shown what he usually does where wfa is concerned....nfi

    the one that got harshly treated as far as it goes was the kenny horse.
    it was supposedly a 92+ hcp.
    but the horse that made it thus was a light of better days, and out of the 1st four placegetters, 3 of them were out of the handicap(they would have received less weight if possible), so it was complete and utter nonsense to post race call the race a 92+ and give the winner what amounts to a 2.5kg penalty for winning a substandard race.
    92 + 5 =97 rating.......J O K E S V I L L E
  • careycarey    6,424 posts
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    Agree on both counts funkster. Both of them interested me a lot (WS and HR).

    HR drawn 1. Well it cant win now. KKK drawn well and could do something at good odds.

    i broke 2 of my rules.....i backed pre post for 1st time in life, and i bet in wa :lol:

    now all we need is the pretend pontiff to do his bit and if he does i will refer to him as the real pontiff henceforth :lol:

    could not resist the 21 bucks on offer, so although i could get sfa on, i can at least say i got a good price if it salutes.

    not that i necessarily expect it to, just it was too big a price to ignore i think.
  • SemipropunterSemipropunter    438 posts
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    Ranger is huge unders.

    Simply because last start it was $9

    Was $5 out to $9. Only kept drifting because all the support was for Grand Nirvana($4.40-$3.50), as well as Waratah's Secret($2.45-$2.10 and then out to $2.30) Tbh Waratah's Secret was probably unders. He fell in at his start before that and he was priced on his reputation, not his current form where he seems to have lost a bit of his zip.
  • H-BOMBERH-BOMBER    10,567 posts
    I understand what you are saying Vorg, thankyou. For mine, I backed grand nirvana in the Lee steere and to be honest, thought WS was way unders and that GN had his measure and was happy to plonk him at the 5.50. And i thought the difference in the prices between WS and Ranger were right, based on their previous encounter. Unfortunately I gave Ranger no chance in that race on weights and he coasted to what I thought was a very good win, career best in fact.

    Carey, Ranger was classed m98 and after the win in the Lee Steere was classed m110, a jump of 12 points in the ratings. This to me suggests it was deemed a very good win, some would say the handicapper rated the win highly? Maybe he should of been penalised more then? Luckygrey also jumped 15 ratings points when winning the Asian Beau on the minimum, does this win rate highly because there was Megatic in the filed, which is a shadow of his former self, but rated highly nonetheless. How much would have he been penalised if Megatic wasn't in the field, is it the same or at the handicapper discretion?

    Regardless, the final field is set and the market is what it is. Its up to us to find the winner now
  • careycarey    6,424 posts
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    Carey, Ranger was classed m98 and after the win in the Lee Steere was classed m110, a jump of 12 points in the ratings. This to me suggests it was deemed a very good win, some would say the handicapper rated the win highly? Maybe he should of been penalised more then? Luckygrey also jumped 15 ratings points when winning the Asian Beau on the minimum, does this win rate highly because there was Megatic in the filed, which is a shadow of his former self, but rated highly nonetheless. How much would have he been penalised if Megatic wasn't in the field, is it the same or at the handicapper discretion?

    Regardless, the final field is set and the market is what it is. Its up to us to find the winner now

    the pre race rating for it would have to be irrelevant, and you should re-rate in relation to the horse that you gave a hiding to.
    that didn't happen, so although it's rating jumped a good bit, it should have been more(of course that is with the proviso that the ratings of the horses it beat were correct in the first place)

    if you look at it how you did, then what say you about the jump for the kenny horse...78 to 97?

    that WAS ridiculous, not because it went up 19 points but because the handicapper has made a major error in the so called standard of that race.
    it demonstrates what i have known forever, official handicappers don't go in depth, they do it by rote.
  • H-BOMBERH-BOMBER    10,567 posts
    Yep, I understand now what you are saying Carey. So you are given a 5 point penalty for winning, but if the race is rated at 92, then regardless of your rating then you go to 97. That does seem very harsh, i suppose though that if this wasnt the case, then the same horse could keep running in the same level of race for 3 more starts and not go off the minimum, because their official rating is still not 92.
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