SANDOWN RACE 5

6 TWISTED TIMES $3.49
8 ROMANTIC LOVER $5.09
2 AIR COOLED $5.13
1 RED HANNIGAN $7.86
7 COMEDY SNIP $14.17

SANDOWN RACE 7

3 COOL TRENT $1.90
7 SHADY BRADY $8.67
8 TRANSFERRAL $11.41
1 GUNNAMATTA $13.55
2 UNDER THE BRIDGE $17.30

No. The scores are only worked out on the order you rate the horses, not their prices. The basic reason that we get everyone to post prices for their ratings is so that everyone can make a good comparison between different people's ratings. You see, some people work out their ratings in kgs, some in lengths, some in points, so doing it this way is simply the best way of letting people make a comparison between the various sets of ratings. Looks better too.

Twisted Times $3.5
Air Cooled $5.20
Star of St Covet $7.20
Red Hannigan $8.30


Shady Brady $4.2
Personal Image $4.5
Cool Trent $4.9
Hassle$8.00

Hey whats going on Rabbit
Am I related to you,fancy turning up here after all these years
Cheers

Gday Sportz,

Just out of curiostity, why are these two fairly ordinary Open Handicaps, (Race 7 being restricted) the suitable races, not complaining, just curious as to why you would pick these 2 Races.

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Gdsay All

here are my ideas for the 2 races... I wont be able to adjust em for scr I will be at work all day...

Race 5 3:30 PM City Of Greater Dandenong Cup Handicap Open
1 $2.4 Red Hannigan
6 $5.7 Twisted Times
3 $9.9 Star Of St. Covet
5 $13.2 Generalissimo
2 $18.3 Air Cooled

Race 7 4:50 PM Greater Dandenong C.O.C. Handicap 4yo+ Open
2 $3.7 Under The Bridge
5 $6.6 Reef Beach
7 $8.8 Shady Brady
3 $8.8 Cool Trent
6 $11.5 Close Encounter

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XPT,

These are the general rules we're going by:
Preferably Handicap races for open or older horses, preferably fields of about 10 -14 and preferably between 1200 & 2000m. They're not hard and fast rules, but that's generally what we'll be rating. Dr Ron also had a preference for Melbourne races when he came up with the idea, so I'll give a slight preference to Melbourne too when choosing the races each week. We will definitely be rating Sydney, Brisbane and Adelaide down the track though.

Oh, another thing I like to look for is simplicity for people doing the ratings. For example, some might have thought that we could have chosen the Satellite Stks at Rosehill. One of the reasons I didn't was because there were two horses in the race which were dual acceptors and this could lead to confusion with scratchings etc. Same thing happened last week when I didn't choose R7 in Melbourne. That was because one of the main chances in the race was an emergency. It was duly scratched and I'm sure many would have had it high up in their ratings had we used that race.

Sportz, should we give thought to letting others choose races in the future???

Whille keeping them within the general framework.

Well, the fields come out on Thursday each week, so we can certainly have a bit of a discussion on here each Thursday as to what races to pick.

Race 5

1. Red Hannigan 2.75
5. Generalissimo 7.30
3 Star of St Covet 8.40
4. Sure Bet 8.40
2. Air Cololed 13.90

Race 7

3. Cool Trent 1.85
12. Hassle 6.75
7. Shady Brady 11.10
6. Close Encounter 15.90
9. Uncle Speed 15.90