28th December 2012, 01:14 PM
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Originally Posted by Barny
Beton, I've just spent some time googling the meaning of form relating to racehorses, and in all cases it refers to what a horse has done in it's prior races. I cannot find any reference that takes into account saddlecloth number for instance as "form" ..... So it appears that most people would understand "form" as how a horse has performed in the past.
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Can you tell me the procedure of handicapping? Firstly there is the race classification and distance. For any horse to qualify for the race and nominate, it must have sufficient form to qualify. Then of the horses that qualify there are four basic categories. (1) staying at the same class and distance, (2) staying at the same class but changing in distance, (3) coming down in class and (4) going up in class. The handicapper must even the field up to cater for the different form of each horse. He can only do this by utilizing the formline of each horse. He has to make each formline relevant to this current race. Ultimately he says that TAB#1 has the best formline based on class for this race. FORM PLUS CLASS.
Barny, you are saying look outside the box. I am saying "WHERE" and show that we are not wasting our effort. All those newbies that you campaign for are saying where do we look
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