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I’ve often wondered how long turf can continue to be treated as an acceptable surface on which to race. Thoroughbreds are fragile creatures at the best of times and the lack of a consistent safe racing surface only exacerbates this fragility. I would be more than happy to run our horses only on the AW were it not for the fact that Wolverhapton is depressing, Southwell has awful kickback and Lingfield, Kempton and Great Leighs are miles away. Perhaps I should lobby Fiona Needham to install an AW surface at Warwick. At least we wouldn’t have to put up with her appalling assessment of the going or her bizarre watering policy any more.
Yet again, bailing out the racing industry.
You could say exactly the same about cartoon racing – it’s equally relevant.
What is wrong with having a blank day?
Perhaps I should lobby Fiona Needham to install an AW surface at Warwick.
In light of Fiona Needham’s racing background I’m pretty sure what response you’d get if you ever asked her that question….
Excellent point, Simon. Some superb racing today too with decent prize money and easily selectable decent priced winners. I’ll be looking forward to seeing Crackentorp run again – beat some decent animals pointless.
Did you see the roster of trainers represented at Lingers today? AW racing in this country is coming of age – a couple of tracks in the North and we’ll be set for many winters to come.
Yes Max, I did and the card at Kempton is good too and I’m gutted I didn’t try to arrange a day out, as with a good driver it’s possible to do both meets without needing to miss more than 1 race – we’ve had some great days combining an afternoon and evening meet
PaulO makes a good point too, while theres enough horses to go round, I don’t see a problem with the odd blank day – xmas and boxing day for example – for the people who work in the industry
PaulO makes a good point too, while theres enough horses to go round, I don’t see a problem with the odd blank day – xmas and [b:2io54ogh]boxing day[/b:2io54ogh] for example – for the people who work in the industry
Are you insane, Simon?
Sorry……………but it appears you’ve just advocated cancelling the only ‘King George’ that matters, as well has hailing Polytrack racing as bailing-out the racing industry.
It seems the case was closed before I even posted.
Dont know about that….
not a bad card at Kempton tonight and tomorrow is very nice (illbe there). With this awful weather its just possible that if this had been on turf it might not be on (althogh Kempton drains well of course)
the september stakes is not a "compulsives" race surely
I am sleeping in nylon tonight
just to prove a point
You just cant beat
real wool
its what the fermers want
and whilst their wives sleep deep
in nylons cheap
dreaming of spilling their cream filled jugs
in fields full of polish pot boilers
the fermers give
we the sheep
the dark mark
and we baa out
and speak pol pot
when they call us Poly
as their wives rolley polley
in their cheap cow dreams
and we are glad to be slaughtered
JACOB, anyone, the throat,
we’ve lost our honour,
our pure wool dirtied, besmirched,
by the terrible tease
Tom out in all weather WheelerI’d rather have no racing than watch the complete drivell thats on show today. AW is only good for exercising horses in training.
Surely it’s not the surface that’s to blame for poor quality fields, it is the prize-money on offer and the restrictions to the grade of horses that are able to compete for that level of racing.
I’m fairly sure if the level of prize-money was available at the A.W. courses there would be good enough horses competing for it.
That theory will be put to the test at Great Leighs later this year.
Colin
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