Irish liquidity

[stueytrader]

With the Irish racing, it could be more a point of treading carefully, as a lot of the form isn't that easy to translate when dealing with the class of the race. ie: Class 1 to 7 in the UK or handicaps, Class 45-65, 50-80 etc.. in Ireland)

I recall Matt Chapman and the now retired Handicapper Phil Smith discussing how the handicapping is looked at in each country.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_92Muc6sO6Y

Essentially, when the Irish Handicapping was discussed, Phil Smith would dis their efforts and always add to the Irish Handicap Rating when a horse was due to run in the UK. It boiled down to when Gordon Elliot used to raid the big UK handicaps off the Irish mark and the UK handicapper eventually caught on.

So, the point I'm trying to make is, Pre-off, it appears no one wants to get caught out, so may prefer to wait 5 minutes before the off before getting involved.

Some very good points about the detailed nature of the racing involved, yes.

The handicapping issue is a particularly key issue potentially.