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You raise a good point AP. This is another issue. Are frost coverings impacting the ground underneath them.
I might be totally wrong here so someone please correct me but was it a Newbury meeting that first used them some years ago and there was a horse fatality that day which did make me question then whether they were such a good idea?
Here are specific examples of things made to be easier but are often a hindrance:
Touchscreen Interfaces: Using touchscreens for essential, quick-access functions like volume or climate control in cars is dangerous and distracting while driving.
“Smart” Kitchen Appliances: Devices like smart mugs that require an app or Bluetooth connection to tell you when a drink is cool enough, complicating a simple, intuitive task.
Over-packaged Goods: Plastic “clamshell” packaging or complex seals that cause “wrap rage” and require tools to open, defeating the purpose of quick access.
Motion Sensor Fixtures: Automatic toilets, soap dispensers, and hand dryers in public restrooms often have weak sensors, forcing users to wave their hands repeatedly.
Complex TV Remotes: Remotes with too many buttons designed for “functionality” actually make basic navigation confusing.
Self-Checkout Machines: Often cause delays with “unexpected item in bagging area” errors, requiring human intervention, making it slower than a cashier.
Modern Door Handles: “Push/Pull” handles that are ambiguous, making it unclear how to open the door, a small inefficiency that causes daily annoyance.
The list could easily go on but, let’s face it, white, padded hurdles fit into this category.
Ghost of Ron V, I am with you all the way, apart from the modern hurdles. AI will make things exceptionally worse as eventually the brain will stop functioning. As it is there is so much advertising that many people cannot think for themselves, nor research anything and merely do as they are told.
Day one: 33 runners over hurdles – two fallers
Day two: 45 runners over hurdles – two fallers (one fatal)
Day three: 63 runners over hurdles – one fallerThat’s 141 runners and five fallers, which is roughly 3,5%.
Three fallers had SPs of 66/1, 100/1 and 250/1 which might reflect their ability a bit.
The ground was on the fast side and no significant errors or even injuries after an error were recorded.I don’t think you can get better numbers despite the fact that Constitution Hill won’t agree.
“Constitution Hill won’t agree.”
If he can read in the first place, he’s better than Night Nurse.
If he can read in the first place, he’s better than Night Nurse.
I have wonder why Mr. Mullins thinks this is unsafe ground….No fallers in all chases today, just very few pulled up in the 3m2f Amateurs’ Chase.
He doesn’t have many arguments, unless JP tells him to.“He doesn’t have many arguments, unless JP tells him to.”
JP pays the bills.
Hypothetically speaking, if you owned a string of ten (not the JP thousands) very expensive National Hunt store horses, would you send them to Willie?
If you buy very expensive stock, especially something Willie wants very badly from certain sources, he might approach you. He might not be interested in you, but in the horse(s).
I think, if you own that kind of horses, you’d be looking for a stable where you don’t play 2nd fiddle or worse to the likes of JP, Ricci, the Donnelly’s and so on.
Even though he seems gone at the game Alan King would be a trainer I’d approach. Maybe Emma Lavelle or someone like Rebecca Curtis. Both clearly know how to win at Cheltenham.
But certainly not Willie, Gordon, Nicky or Paul….Good answer, Ruby. 👍
Personally, I would rather give an up-and-coming trainer the (hypothetical) ammunition to take on the big battalions than be an afterthought at one of the more celebrated stables.
Personally, I would rather give an up-and-coming trainer the (hypothetical) ammunition
Interesting to see how someone like Nick Scholfield will mature as a trainer.
Noel Meade would be an interesting Irish trainer, though I wouldn’t want to take on the Mullins and Elliott battalions in the early career stages.
“Interesting to see how someone like Nick Scholfield will mature as a trainer.”
Stating the obvious here, but it depends upon the quality of the ammunition sent to him.
Willie Mullins himself couldn’t have turned two hundred Quixall Crossetts into serial Cheltenham festival winners.
Meade and King seem to have given up on the jumps to a large extent and turned their attention to the Flat. Rather like Jessica Harrington.
Of course, it’s just the ammunition. So far he’s had a decent start with 15 winners from 80 runners.
But, you also need the right sources and scouts spotting for you in the right places (France). He’ll need time to get there, right now winners at Fakenham or Plumpton count a lot for him.Meade and King seem to have given up on the jumps to a large extent and turned their attention to the Flat. Rather like Jessica Harrington.
Jessica only has very few NH runners nowadays and the King horses seem to be suited by faster ground.
“Even though he seems gone at the game Alan King would be a trainer I’d approach. Maybe Emma Lavelle or someone like Rebecca Curtis. Both clearly know how to win at Cheltenham.”
Jamie Snowden should be added to the list. He has now trained Grade 1 winners at Aintree and Cheltenham.
He is also well spoken and polite in interviews and I imagine is considerate with his owners.
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