William Clark

[bello]

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.

[Bitter Truth]

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?

[bello]

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.

[Bitter Truth]

Only thing I can figure , and it's entirely a guess, is that Trackmaster doesn't compute Amateur races.

[bello]

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.

[Meadow Ford]

I don't know what Sunshine's Finest's TMR rating was before today, but as of right now his TMR is 72.02.

[getreal]

Ben in the biz for awhile, do not like Trackmaster at all

[RR70s]

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.

[seen2much]

Clark has Joe Lee driving his in an amateur race. He's banded?
TM ratings are not good in my opinion.

[PIGLAND]

bill clark loves racing

[Dingus]

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.

[Locked in with pace]

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.