TRACK RATING CALL – MAKE IT SIMPLE
April 21, 2021 5:58 pm
By Matt Stewart, Racing Editor
Key figures have urged for a scrapping of our embattled track racing system, days after a
Australian Trainers Association chief executive
Andrew Nicholl and Flemington track manager
Liam O’Keeffe believe a return to four track ratings – fast, good, slow and heavy – would rein in continual grumblings.
Racing Victoria chief steward
Robert Cram said he also would prefer the four-rating model to the system implemented nation-wide a decade ago, with tracks rated 1-10, from a fast 1 and a heavy 10.
Racing Victoria Senior Stipendiary Steward Robert Cram is seen during P.B.Lawrence Stakes Day at Caulfield on August 18, 2018 in Melbourne, Australia. (Photo by Vince Caligiuri/Getty Images)