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I look forward to the Planetoid update.

I'm also glad. You seem a nice chap, and I'd hate to annoy you.

For the record, I think David Dickinson is a much-maligned professional who does his best at all times, as well as being notably...

Hi Reet,

I'm more than happy to have Timeform's methods criticised, and am aware that not everything is rosy because it comes from Halifax. My role as a freelancer involves using their methodology...

Remember it's a different handicapper looking at the Tingle Creek and the International - it appears that some of the BHA handicappers use different methods, or at least appear to when discussing...

No, we're not, and I'm certainly not trying to undermine the ratings of others, including yourself.

We're talking about applying rigorous methodology to ratings, an example of which is outlined...

All handicapping absolutely does not involve using a yardstick of some sort. The hanging of a set of ratings in any race based on the notion that one horse in that race ran to form is convenient, but...

Yardstick handicapping is inherently wrong, for all it is an effective simplistic approach. Using a horse with Grandouet's profile as a yardstick horse is so wrong, it's frightening. For the record,...

Jesus wept. Is there a bigger cretin in the business that this fella?

He was unchanged after the Paddy Power, but raised 6 lb for the run in the Vote AP Gold Cup. I'll admit that I misread that first time. "Horse raised 6 lbs wins race 11 months later" isn't really...

"As handicappers, we often attract criticism for treating the placed horses in these valuable handicaps harshly, so from that point it was very pleasing to see the runner-up from the Paddy Power Gold...