COURTCRAFT'S WEIGHTING

Evening Post, Volume CXXIII, Issue 51, 2 March 1937, Page 13

COURTCRAFT'S WEIGHTING

.Conflicting;I..views on the merit v of Courtcraft's winning effort first time out afWoodyille recently invested'his weighting for the Wellington Meeting with more thanr ordinary subsidiary, interest;' Mf.;H. Cbyle has handicapped him as a colt-worthy of being considered best class on his single performance to date:t .■'-■■".;; •■ : .-' ■•;■'

The first comparison may be made between the:::.wejghts. received in the Pacific: Handicap, next .week by- Smoke Screen and Courtcraft, the two Woodville winners, Smoke Screen won very easily on his-day under 9.5, and in the Trentham class he has been dropped to 8.11. Courtcraft carried 8.1 at Woodville, and he has been lifted.; in the Trentham class: to 8.6. Through other horses in.(the fields, the Woodyille handicapper. evidently considered the class on .the .two.days much the. same; and even if a slight difference: might be discerned it' could hardly account for the relative, weighting of Smoke Screen and Courtcraft:at Wellington, unless it be conceded (as it must be) that Cburtcraft's performance was -a most attractive debut.- -.:',.— ■.

Other comparisons might : also :;foe made,- but they are hardly; necessary. Haughty Winner, beaten only once (by his stablemate . Night Dress) ■' in., four starts,,and.a classic, winner, is only 121b higher, and so is Royal Chief,-.winner of the Great Northern •■ Foal Stakes. Top Row, Night Dress (winner at his only start), .Greenwich, Nuclei, The Crooner, Airam, and. Lazybones, all winners,, are weighted 'under•', Courtcraft, as they should be.