Kenchar,

I feel what Lenny has been trying to say regarding repeatability is that old handicapping adage : 'Horses are creatures of habit, and repeat what they have done before'. If only it was true as they have a habit of suffering a bout of amnesia the moment your money goes on !!

Lenny,

I think what you are discovering [ 're-inventing' as you put it ] and trying to come to terms with above is basically, 'handicapping ' in general. If not, it sounds very much like it [?].

Regarding Greyhound weight as a handicapping tool. In the UK they weigh the horses for the same reason. It would be great to see that done here as performance peaks can then be matched to past preps.

Judging a Horses fitness used to be a very commonly acquired art form from years of plodding over to the ring to 'look at fitness'. As a kid, almost every Saturday used to be an off to the races day with my Grandfather. Nowadays with Sky Channel, TAB's and Pub or Puter punting which encourages stay at home punting, most Punters wouldn't know a winning fit horse from a hot dog so knowing a Horse's weight would be a boon to our handicapping efforts.

Cheers,


[ This Message was edited by: crash on 2004-01-11 08:50 ]