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Jim McGrath is trying to do something about this bad idea that’s been put into place, I sincerely hope he and everyone involved is successful.
I’d also suggest that everyone who agrees with him doesn’t let this thread turn into an argument about presentation or those involved, as that is what the people against his campaign want.
Sometimes substance is strong enough to win out over style. In 4th Century Rome all the glamour, money and power was with the sophisticated Pagan leaders. The Christians were an unattractive, badly-led bunch of no-hopers with nothing but one, strong idea (and little skill at articulating it.)
The strong idea won.
More’s the pity.
If only Christianity failed….
Do wish the New Messiah, Dimbo Jimbo the best of luck though.
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If only Christianity failed….
We’d be watching the Derby (or rather the
Domitian
) run at
Deva
(Chester) over 8 laps.
The RSPCA (
RSPQR
) would be less concerned about whips, more about those neat little knives (new soft-cushioned style) they attach to the chariot wheels.
Animal Aid
, appropriately, would have been thrown to some deserving lions.
Chariots for Change
would be getting stick all round for attempting to move Champion’s Day away from
Newmarketum
on
3rd Augustus
to
Ascotus
on the
Ides of March
. This would be due to the problem of recurrent massacres of Roman racegoers in East Anglia by Boadicea (aka
The Devil’s Dyke
) during the Silly Season.
Most sensible citizens blamed the wode-daubed, drunken local young male yokels.
Not much difference, really.
Chariots for Change
would be getting stick all round for attempting to move Champion’s Day away from
Newmarketum
on
3rd Augustus
to
Ascotus
on the
Ides of March
.
Not much difference, really.
There really would be hell to pay if they had Champions Day on the Ides Of March, that’s the first day of the Cheltenham Festival!
They could just add in a couple of extra paragraph breaks, and relaunch the site as icantbelievehorseracingdeservesbetterisbetter.org.
Then anthony could post to say that "I cant believe icantbelievehorseracingdeservesbetterisbetter is better than horseracingdeservesbetter
They could just add in a couple of extra paragraph breaks, and relaunch the site as icantbelievehorseracingdeservesbetterisbetter.org.
Then anthony could post to say that "I cant believe icantbelievehorseracingdeservesbetterisbetter is better than horseracingdeservesbetterMy eyes! My eyes!
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Pity JM’s principled stand didn’t carry enough conviction for him to air it on yesterday’s Morning Line?
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Pity JM’s principled stand didn’t carry enough conviction for him to air it on yesterday’s Morning Line?
Do you think that his C4 job would last five minutes if he strayed far from the Channel’s "impartial" line (i.e. lukewarm tacit support of RFC)?
Be fair, Reet. He’s been clear enough about his views in C4’s live racing broadcasts over the year, but is too much the professional to ride a personal hobby horse on C4’s chat show.
Not everybody blurts everything out at every opportunity. McGrath’s an intelligent man, in a responsible position, behaving responsibly.
Quality Pinza , as the song goes everybody hurts sometime…..but not everybody blurts !!!
Jim is a true professional , my money would always be on him to behave with impeccable dignity , as such I am a tad concerned that the media and the racing bosses have done their best not to highlight this story , it seems RFC must win at any cost , sadly I truly believe it will hit the very core of pattern racing in the long term
Expedience is everything to the kings of spin , meanwhile true racing aficionados get left behind to pick up the debris , when common sense finally prevails
cheers
Ricky
Get rid of the BHA, get rid of Racing For Change, get rid of all the groups within racing who fight their own corner.
Let’s have a dictatorship.
Jimbo knows every aspect of the sport backwards.
Value Is EverythingI’m still asking the question "What has Jim McGrath done to make horse racing better"?
Sold Timeform to Betfair, CR ? Made a few quid there I would imagine.
Since when has Jim McGrath been a voice of the people ? He’s never really considered the ‘people’ in the past as far as I can see.
What’s so bad about moving the Champions Day to Ascot anyway ? 12000 attended the last renewal at the home of racing. There will probably be 3 times that figure at Ascot. Does that not tell its own story ?
Black Sam . its a wider implication .the very shape of the pattern is under threat …..its not about how many turn up on champions day
cheers
Ricky
Yes the pattern will change, but where is there any evidence that this will harm racing, and future generations of the breed?
DJ,
If the Champion Stakes can be moved without anyone at Newmarket or Jockey Club Racecourses trying to prevent it, what happens when they come knocking for the Guineas, or the July Cup, or even the Derby?
AP
Seems to me that the Champion Stakes is too close to the Breeders Cup for the top 10 furlong horses to get involved anyway. Recent fields have not exactly been ‘Champion’ have they ? Is there a positibility that a move/reschedule could actually create a positive impact to the ‘pattern’ ? The Champion Stakes in its current form doesn’t really capture the immagination from where I’m sitting.
AP …thanks …you have nailed it …as for me its entirely possible the RFC mob will tinker further , and a whole load of history and tradition goes down the pan …again , that is the crying shame that nobody can stop …so TRF folks sit back and watch them destroy what world wars could not …
cheers
Ricky
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