The quality of horses in the Saturday metro races is higher than the mid week races nearly always. Yet a few have said you get more value from midweekers. But those same punters have canned the quality of horses going around in the Saturday metro meetings perhaps as a reason for a drop off in their strike rate at those meetings.

I'm certainly not accusing anyone of sour grapes. I think its real, and my strike rate has gone through the floor since the start of June. Still I'm wondering if its the drop in class in metro races, or maybe another reason that is making the bookies rich this time of year.

If a punter can pick winners at a mid week country race, why the sharp drop off in the strike rate in the winter at the always stronger metro race meetings?