Hi asfufh,

I'll annoy JB by getting in before him. The point I was making was that, in my opinion and as result of examining the database, there was too much dogma attached to horses needing rest. The reality is that some horses need rest while others don't. In my view there are three factors to take into account - the sire, the dam and the trainer. Each of these has an influence on the way a horse runs.

If the sire and dam stood a lot of racing and/or the trainer is good off short rest then you'd be wrong to exclude a horse simply because it's only 7-14 days from his previous run. As I said on the other board this is a game of probablilities, not absolutes.

I've looked at various studies and at some point when the workload allows we'll get into it deeper.

Was that OK, Boss?

George (White, not Smith)