19th March 2007, 05:51 PM
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Join Date: Feb 2005
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Originally Posted by crash
If a punting life was just so easy...
Jockies run hot and cold from week to week and even day to day. All of them perform better at some tracks and are very average at others, depending on their riding style which suits certain type of runners better than others etc. Some jockeys ride better in the wet than they do on dry tracks and vis-a-vis.
Like horses, from ride to ride I doubt jockies will ever have a static rating that can be put on them for mechanical use in stats.
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Ok, I accept that.. In the ongoing quest for the perfect system one sometimes runs off on tangents that are fruitless endevours...
Now let me rephrase the original.. In my rating system I add two kilos for Beadman and I give Josh Parr and Tye Angland their allowance back because I believe they perform like seasoned jockeys...
On looking at races won by Beadman I'm tempted to give the runners another 2kgs.. That's 4kgs for Beadman or 2.67 lths bonus just because Beadmans riding... Which begs the question "how much does Beadman lift a horse?"
And so we are back full circle.
Kind Regards all
OzPunter
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