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General Category => Harness Racing => Topic started by: bello on April 02, 2025, 09:21:59 PM

Title: William Clark
Post by: bello on April 02, 2025, 09:21:59 PM
Been the focus of note lately for some bad behavior in the amateur races. As far as I am concerned he should be banded for some of his behavior and driving of kate,

He has one of his horses shipping in from the Big M to Rosecroft. He outclasses this bunch by miles. I'm not even sure how he is eligible for this race.
Title: Re: William Clark
Post by: Bitter Truth on April 02, 2025, 09:37:48 PM
Got stung then pushed and still won for fun. I agree, doesn't seem to fit condition.
You tell me THAT horse is a less than 72.5 trackmaster rating?
Title: Re: William Clark
Post by: bello on April 02, 2025, 09:43:32 PM
The TM rating is the only way he could be eligible. And that was ridiculous. A gift at 7-5 and the only exacta possible.
Title: Re: William Clark
Post by: Bitter Truth on April 02, 2025, 09:47:25 PM
Only thing I can figure , and it's entirely a guess, is that Trackmaster doesn't compute Amateur races.
Title: Re: William Clark
Post by: bello on April 02, 2025, 09:55:58 PM
Only thing I can figure , and it's entirely a guess, is that Trackmaster doesn't compute Amateur races.

Then he is definitely ineligible for the race. But that is too difficult for the RCR judges to figure out.
Title: Re: William Clark
Post by: Meadow Ford on April 02, 2025, 10:15:10 PM
I don't know what Sunshine's Finest's TMR rating was before today, but as of right now his TMR is 72.02.
Title: Re: William Clark
Post by: getreal on April 02, 2025, 10:53:26 PM
Ben in the biz for awhile, do not like Trackmaster at all
Title: Re: William Clark
Post by: RR70s on April 03, 2025, 01:55:08 PM
Ben in the biz for awhile, do not like Trackmaster at all
I agree.
Realizing everyone has their own handicapping methods and opinions I just do not see the angle of trackmaster, whether a horse drops or steps up.
If horse is sharp (or not sharp) doesn’t seem to matter what trackmaster rating race horse either steps up to or drops down to.
Title: Re: William Clark
Post by: seen2much on April 03, 2025, 02:58:23 PM
Clark has Joe Lee driving his in an amateur race. He's banded?
TM ratings are not good in my opinion.
Title: Re: William Clark
Post by: PIGLAND on April 03, 2025, 07:39:24 PM
bill clark loves racing
Title: Re: William Clark
Post by: Dingus on April 03, 2025, 09:09:33 PM
There are 2 related TM ratings.
1 is the value given for each race the horse is in.
 The other is the overall value based on the average of the 4 highest individual ratings for each of the last 8 races, subject to some adjustments for breaks and interferences.

For those who follow Tbreds, it’s similar to the Beyer rating.
Title: Re: William Clark
Post by: Locked in with pace on April 04, 2025, 11:30:59 AM
The only tracks that use it are the ones that are short of horses and use it to fill races. The real cheap tracks use it big time. In a nutshell, it stinks. Do the thoroughbred have conditions based on the Byer? I don't follow them, so I wouldn't know.
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