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WD any winners. Not sure if anyone on here did back him in the end, what with the official going.
Good to Soft my arse.
Yet another course official going pre-racing that’s absolute bollox!!Can’t take any credit for it. Never backed him in the end. No idea what the ground was really like but I wouldn’t say it was soft or any worse. None of the jockeys would have needed to stick their silks on anything more than a 30 degree wash!
Tizzard’s Cider has the right of it. Trainers can always telephone the Clerk of the Course, and walk the course themselves. Uttoxeter has always been popular with trainers since the days of Major McAllister, who would tell them exactly what he was up to. Watered 5.1 on the going stick seems pretty fair, hence 30 degree wash.
The jockey of the winner described the ground as ‘testing’. 40 secs slower than standard.
Yes, Mike, agree totally; it was testing.
1st Q to a potential new clerk of a race course at his/her 1st interview for the role:
“Are you good with a watering hose?”
A: “Oh yes, an absolute dab hand. The more water i can put down the better i am”
“The job’s yours; when can you start?”
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