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Very disappointed. Taped it to watch last night and tbh what a shambles!!…….why was it only on for 30 mins?. Mr Findley has a lot of useful things to say but what a poor effort by ATR. Maybe Mr Boyce could enlighten us why it was so short??.
Very disappointed. Taped it to watch last night and tbh what a shambles!!…….why was it only on for 30 mins?. Mr Findley has a lot of useful things to say but what a poor effort by ATR. Maybe Mr Boyce could enlighten us why it was so short??.
I wish someone would. I love Sunday Forum and was especially looking forward to yesterdays, what a let down.
Come on Sean why only 30 minutes? It needs extending not shortening.
Thanks for unmasking yourself. Would you like to comment on this piece from the Gauardian concerning the Sunday Forum. Betfair deleting all Findlay threads and now this. WTF is going on? It’s a sport not a war!
11.50pm Findlay’s firecrackers fizzle out as At The Races cut programme short
Tony Paley:
The long-awaited appearance of outspoken gambler and owner Harry Findlay on racing channel At The Races this morning
ended rather abruptly after nearly 40 minutes of a scheduled hour-long programme.
Findlay, who was joined by the Times’ racing correspondent Alan Lee on the weekly Sunday Forum, talked extensively about the future of the Tote and the Levy system for funding British racing which he argued was now well past its sell-by date.
Following the dispersal of the horses he owned with Paul Barber at the Doncaster Sales earlier this week he reiterated that he would have no horses in training in joint ownership with his mother in their colours while the present leadership is in power at the British Horseracing Authority.
"When the right people are running the sport the purple and grey [colours] will be back," said Findlay, who was clearly still smarting at the recent BHA ban for laying horses in his ownership, a decision which was reversed on appeal.
"My wife will never set foot on a British racecourse again," added Findlay, who also confirmed he plans to spend more time in Australia than Britain in future. He has regularly spent three months of the year in Australia in recent years but said that is likely to be increased to nine.
"I’ve been trying to get to Australia [more permanently] for a few years and have already got a couple of horses there. This is a commercial as well as lifestyle decision," said Findlay.
He ended the shortened programme by tipping up his horse, Escholido, in the opening race at Windsor tomorrow night but left viewers wondering what might have ended up on the cutting room floor such was the truncated nature of the show.
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Well, at least Escholido was chinned.
I haven’t seen the programme yet, but it is no surprise to hear that ‘I will never have horses in Britain again’ has already become ‘I will never have horses in Britain again until…’.
The only person taking Findlay seriously is Findlay.
…."I’ve been trying to get to Australia [more permanently] for a few years and have already got a couple of horses there. This is a commercial as well as lifestyle decision," said Findlay.
From a commercial perspective, bad timing Harry. Had it been a couple of hundred years ago you would certainly have qualified for free transportation. C’est la vie.
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