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News to me. Where does it say that?

Haven't spotted a Leg Up this week. Did I miss it somewhere?

Maxi said above that if the financial assistance was declined, it would be returned to donors pro rata. I don't see how you can gift it to someone that donors didn't donate it for, without their consent.

Boring replays and not even a halfway interesting interview.

That's like the US model that has been in place for decades, if not longer. Pretty simple really. The condition book is the schedule of races for a given track during a certain period of time, usually a few weeks or a month. It is this schedule that provides a framework for trainers to develop the training regimens for their horses for this time period. While this seems straightforward, there are a number of factors that can change the timing of races. You see, just because a race is in the condition book doesn’t mean that enough horses will enter the race to warrant it being used. That is why you’ll see substitute races in the book as well. These are races that also get entries and can be used in place of another race on the card. Fortunately, stakes schedules are typically published weeks or months ahead of time, so with certain horses planning ahead is much easier.

Totally agree. Don't see a single thing that Entain or NZTR have done to potentially improve revenue from NZ racing. They've chucked money at NZTR which have continued to waste it on stakes as they have for the last couple of decades. As you say mardi, you'd expect the same results. Entain may not care because they've captured a monopoly that can possibly grow revenue elsewhere.

Maybe. I'm interested in other informed opinion but it's well the lowest rating in the last 6 years by my assessment.

Speaking of weak races, what do you make of the Guineas races. I have the 1000 about equivalent to an R82. It's already under alert so unless some pretty decent form miraculously emerges from it I say its status is a goner. The 2000 not much better.

Agree with him on all 3. Especially the whip. If horses need to be painfully struck behind the saddle and won't race willingly without that, then if it is mine, I'll just walk away. Either find one that will or walk away altogether. If they can't manage the whip use otherwise then I think they should be totally removed. Not just for public perception, but for horse welfare as well.

Hesi you seem to have given up promoting it. Guerin looked like he pooped his pants again in the opening shot but a couple of interesting shots from Luke Radich all the same.

That's a good question and further, I wonder has she agreed to accept any financial assistance?

Gee that's a frightening image. Did Guerin poo his pants again or something?

Try 29.00 "we did insure it which is standard practice as you say"

Here's the list of supplied data FYI as well DS. BetfairDatathonPuntingFormDataSpecifications.xlsx

Got that wrong. In the T&Cs it says: all submissions must be accompanied by a .txt file containing code script demonstrating the methodology of creating the submission as described in clause 11;

Yes. For the purposes of the comp itself I think you only need to submit the probabilities. I've only scanned the info briefly at this stage but you do have to submit your calc sheets in order to claim any prize that you win. One blank submission file will be available from www.betfair.com.au/hub/datathon by 11:59am AEDT the day prior to the nominated race day. Updated Punting Form data will be uploaded to the above link by 11:59am AEDT the day prior to the nominated race day. As per the terms and conditions, code files will need to be submitted at the conclusion of the competition to be eligible for prize money. I've attached the Ts&Cs if you want to have a close look. SPDMC_2023_TCs-1.pdf