Oh no Crash, not that damn 1-7 thing again.

I feel exactly the same way about that rule as Dale does about the 21 day rule. I have no argument with anyone who wants to delete horses from wide barriers. I just can't work out what's so special about barrier 7 that he is left in while barrier 8 is out. Weird.

Similarly, I guess you could say why is 21 days allowed but 22 days not. Well, as Chrome suggested, when concentrating on Metro races, the 21 days refers to exactly three weeks, Sat to Sat, or even Wed to Wed. Now, it may not always work out, but over the years, I've pretty much stuck to that 21 day rule.

If you have a mechanical system with set rules, you have to have a cutoff point somewhere. I guess that is Crash's answer to the barrier 7 thing too.