Finally someone agrees with me.

It was very interesting to read a comment posted by racing commentator Marty Young on his West Oz racing site this morning. The article relates to track bias.... a subject which I tend to get into a lot of debates and arguments about.

For years we have been hearing the story about track bias, a myth started by the wise men from the east. Naturally enough, it didn't take long for the local racing scribes and commentators to also get onto the "bias" bandwagon. About twelve months ago or maybe more I posted a lengthy article on this site, refuting the so called "track bias" theory.

I will continue to argue against its existence. As I have maintained for a long time, there are only two things which effect the outcome of races at Ascot (and for that matter most tracks) and they are PACE and WIND. The reason Ascot is so peculiar is because of the easterly or south westerly breeze. In fact during the course of the day the effect can change dramatically according to the wind. Neither of these things can be attributed to track bias. Sure weight, barriers, jockey quality, trainer quality, fitness etc etc all have a bearing but when assessing a horses chances, punters would be far better off assessing the two factors which I will continue to mention. PACE and WIND.

I was encouraged to read this morning that at least someone else out there agrees with me. Marty and I don't necessarily agree on most things however it is nice to see that he is starting to get the hang of things!!!! I am confident that Marty will start to back even more winners from here on in!!!! L.O.L.