Petersson1984 Posted August 18, 2011 Share Posted August 18, 2011 Hi Could someone please tell me, if or where i can see, what kinda of handicap, a horse got on Sporting Life´s racecards? THX :ok Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Trotter Posted August 18, 2011 Share Posted August 18, 2011 Re: Handicap on Sportinglife? Do you mean it's handicap rating ? If so it's the figure that appears on the racecard under the heading 'OR' which stands for 'Official Rating' The figure given is the latest published figure - it might not be the same as the horse runs off today in a handicap race because it might be due to go up or down in the ratings from next week and it's that future figure that the Life shows. Also the OR shown in the Life takes no account of any penalty the horse is carrying in todays race for a recent win Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Petersson1984 Posted August 18, 2011 Author Share Posted August 18, 2011 Re: Handicap on Sportinglife? okay cheers. Could you tell me where i can see the penalty? And what does wt stand for? :) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jayalexander Posted August 18, 2011 Share Posted August 18, 2011 Re: Handicap on Sportinglife? If a horse carries a penalty there should be an x follwed by the extra penalty weight in pounds (lbs). This doesn't happen all the time though as it depends when the horse won it's last race. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Haystacks Posted August 18, 2011 Share Posted August 18, 2011 Re: Handicap on Sportinglife? If you look at http://horses.sportinglife.com/Racecards/0,12495,453421,00.html you will see the words (ex6) after Starwatch. That means he is carrying 6lb extra, a penalty for a recent win (which occurred since he was last assessed by the handicapper). His effective handicap rating for today is therefore 76 rather than 70. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Trotter Posted August 18, 2011 Share Posted August 18, 2011 Re: Handicap on Sportinglife? And what does wt stand for? :) Wt is short for Weight.........it's the weight the horse is set to carry in today's race (includes the weight of the jockey, and weight above the jockeys weight is made up by putting metal bars in the saddle bag) So.......in the race linked to by haystacks Starwatch is set to carry 9 stone 8 pounds and Compton Blue is set to carry 9 stone 7 pounds There are 14 pounds in 1 stone, so 9 stone 8 lbs = 134 pounds 'pounds' is usually shortened to 'lbs' - derives from the Latin 'Libra' from from the unit of weight called a 'pound' derives. there are 2.2 lbs in 1 KG a stone (14 lbs) is around 6.37 KG Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Petersson1984 Posted August 18, 2011 Author Share Posted August 18, 2011 Re: Handicap on Sportinglife? Thanks a lot guys.. That was all i needed to know :ok Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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