Race categories

[jayalexander]

Today Fred Willetts came in as a 9/1 winner, three days after winning a claimer by 7 lengths at the same track. This time it was a handicap, against 5 other horses, which included two 'in-form' runners. He was only tipped by Trotter on the BBOTD at ew, and I opted for Shostakovich, but now I'm asking questions as to why myself and others missed such an opportunity? Just looking at Fred's previous record and he had been running pretty well in his 2yo races prior to the claimer - returning money in the last three 2yo encounters! Why do we dismiss supposedly 'low' claimer and seller results so easily? For me it's another lesson learnt!

[chris34]

Re: Race categories For me it was a race not too touch, I did look in depth at it actually Fred Willets win in a claimer couldnt be taken as gospel as it was a 3 runner race which is always very dodgy form, and to that southwell a track liable to unexplainable results, he had already been well beaten off lower marks in handicaps but possibly the Visor is a reason he has improved although Evans has a good record with placing his AW horses in races to pick up money.