Can you win without inside knowledge

[nadia13]

Planetoid scooted home today in the 4.20 at Newton Abbott. He started at odds on in an 11 runner handicap hurdle. I know it was a low grade race but his form figures going into the race was 000F00. He is trained by John Best and I was amazed before the race at his price albeit with McCoy on board. He was 10th of 11 at 100/1 on his last run, 7th of 8 before that and so on back through his form. Then suddenly he is odds on in an 11 runner handicap and hoses in. Anyone studying the form would lay him all day at that price and get their fingers burnt. Does anyone know if there was an inquiry into his win and the betting. He obviously wasn't running to his true ability in all his other races. A form punter has no chance with this carry on.

[Trotter]

Re: Can you win without inside knowledge According to the Post......."Unsurprisingly the stewards interviewed the trainer who stated that the gelding had problems with his jumping last year and has been given a break in order to re-school him over hurdles. He further added that the gelding was suited by this quicker ground and running for the first time in a handicap" The horse was really well handicapped on his flat form...............effectively running off the same rating as his AW mark People usually reckon there's a 40lb difference in jumps and flat marks, so you could say he was 40lb well in on his flat form