Yeah. La mer your point re their use is how they can best be used - in conjunction with anticipated pace or lack thereof. Problem is when one of those dole queuers in waiting takes off and "ruins the race" as a journo said once in Best Bets. That's the worry -- first to get the pace right, THEN to pick the right one based on that is an extra step. I look upon jockeys that if they were one foot taller they'd all be unemployed, and at any given time any one of the cretins could be about to stuff me up, so predicting what's going on in their tiny little minds is like predicting the weather here in Melbourne - futile.

Duritz.

PS - Chief I'm the same way with my ratings - best as a great tool, not as the be all, end all.