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Two-point relief for Big City Life
Big City Life has gained a two-point relief from the handicappers after a successful appeal against his recent rating of 118 while Blue Tiger also got a one-point relief as a consequence of the appeal being upheld.
The appeal was lodged by Glen Kotzen Racing Stables on behalf of Big City Life against the 118 Merit Rating allocated after winning the Rising Sun Gold Challenge WFA (Grade 1) over 1 600m at the Clairwood on 12 June 2010.
An independent panel consisting of Patrick Davis, Graeme Hawkins and Ronnie Napier was convened to hear this appeal yesterday via a teleconference.
The appeal panel agreed with the handicappers that this was a very difficult race to rate and that there were a number of factors to consider in determining the correct line horse. However, the panel was of the opinion that the line horse, Smart Banker, used by the handicappers, was not the appropriate one, as his performances in KwaZulu-Natal and especially around a left hand bend was not as high as his performances on the Highveld. They believed that a more suitable key horse to use to measure the value of this race was second-placed Blue Tiger.
Taking into account the conditions on the day and the manner in which the race was run, the panel agreed with the handicapping panel that Blue Tiger ran his best race to date, but did not necessarily believe that the level achieved by Blue Tiger, a race merit rating (RMR) of 119 to be correct.
Rather they believed taking into account Blue Tiger's best performances of a 113 RMR on three separate occasions, that he ran at least a length superior to those performances, thus making him run to a RMR of 115.
Given the above, the panel was of the view that Big City Life who beat Blue Tiger by 0.25 of a length (one MR point) to be a 116 and adjusted his rating accordingly. Blue Tiger’s new rating is 115.
The deposit was refunded.

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