Hi, Noel.

I agree with you about distance.

I'm currently working on a Place system where one of the rules is that the horse must not be increasing in distance by more than 200 metres or reducing by more than 100 metres from its last start. Stylish Bow would have been a selection but the Distance Rule (wisely) eliminated it. And it's not the first time the Distance Rule eliminated a losing horse. As a matter of interest, there is one selection today - its only a probational selection because I have not a large enough sample with claiming apprentices:
Donald R7 no.1