Dang, JonRon beat me to the post again!

I do agree with JonRon on this anyway. (Yes, I know, I know, and Owner "would"). But seriously, while I will admit that "public property" comment does put my nose out of joint a little (feel free to shell out for some of the costs for my horses if you wish, then it wouldnt get such a reply), the simple fact of it all is, if the betting public had all this information, its not just us "owners" that are going to lose odds, but so are you. If everyone knew exactly everything, then you couldn't live by "odds on, look on" anymore, and there would be absolutely no value in the punt anymore.

Besides, a great deal of this information is already given to you anyway. For the most part. It really depends on how well a horse is rated. As owners, we cant predict a shocking run either. Owners with a horse thats walloped itself on something should, for all intents and purposes, scratch it and not run it. Wouldnt be very nice on the horses if it wasnt. Apart from that, when horses do have a bad run, and I can assure you, we dont nominate them to fork out for race day expenses and not bring home some prize money, for the most part, steward will inquire as to why, and all this information is readily available on the respective states websites. I know I never miss reading a stewards report.

Now I know with my horse, she isnt a poor horse. However, to everyone, she is rated poorly despite holding the Hawkesbury 1200 Class 2 record and the Canterbury 1200m Class 3 record. (Is very impressive seeing her name up there with Defier). Despite all that, the stewards were not worried over her last in her Open start. I cant control that. If something goes wrong with my horse then I am not about to take out a full page ad in the countries newspapers to tell everyone this. And why should I? I am lucky enough to be paying for a horse thats doing this well. My horse is in there to race. I dont tell you not to back her anymore than I am going to run around telling people to back her. Even if I think she will go well, I prefer not to be responsible for other peoples money if for some reasons even we dont know, she runs last again.