New Distances query

[BillyHills]

I was just doing some research for Saturday's races and came across something strange.

When looking at the BetBright Chase i noticed that Rocky Creek was not a Cours and Distance winner despite actually winning this race twelve months ago on the same track over the same advertised trip of 3 miles.

I then noticed in last years race result it had the letters OMS after the race distance.

After some digging i think the answer is that it means 'Old Measuring System' which means Rocky Creek has not been credited with a C/D win just because they have remeasured the track and now its a few yards shorter.

They used to measure race courses from the middle of the track and now they have to measure them 2yds out from the inside running rail, which i suppose is where a horse would likely run. Quite a few tracks are now running races actually less than 2 miles.

I thinks its daft not stating C/D winners though!

[corky]

i noticed a couple of races of 1 mile 7 1/2 furlongs, bur never gave it any thought