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RACING
Is the handicapping system a handicap to our industry?
A sad indictment of racing is that many punters hold the belief that half the horses in a race are ‘not trying’, and we have to wonder, what gave them that impression? The finger of blame points directly at the handicap – a system devised with the finest Marxist ideal at heart to provide every horse in the race with an equal opportunity of winning. Of course, as we all know, some horses are more equal than others! WORDS: LISSA OLIVER phOtOS: CAROLINE NORRIS
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