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I’m not sure I’d argue that consistent doping that seems impossible to police wouldn’t damage racing, Sean…..although it doesn’t seem to have done too much harm in America.:cool: Yet.
:old: chinese sage who favoured the heavy western potatoe to a lightbite rice dish
once famously wrote….
best man to walk very thin line<br> is man with very thin feet
Racing, particualrly flat racing is in a parlously thin state
The engines that ultimately run racing are oiled by big businesses that have cleverly introduced fill yer boot tacky products to ward off the financial impact of the decline they don’t give a hoot about.
Mickey Mouse’s recent sad retirement to a beautifully painted prefab in Portman Park with Minnie sadly lining up in a rehab queue for her 20 mg trankies, after being villainously force fed a dose of a thousand to run round the clock robin races from her living room window, only evidence the downturn. <br>The betting pound will still survive if old racing structures are re-hashed for the live now pay later ethos that currently commands the sport. The engine doesn’t care where it’s going as long as it gets it’s oil to run on !
Football, cricket and golf have upped the ante<br> with re-vitalised energy in better presentation, and better focus on personalities.
Our inspired resident bookmaker Barry maninlovewiththesport once steakily wrote on here, and I would suggest in a moment of relaxed enlightenement..
"racing is so boring"
To avoid Richard’s hell in a hanbasket situation racing desperately needs a drastic thinning down and re-structuring, and far more than just a pedicure – even a heel in a hanbasket may not be enough as raking walks cumbersomely up the thin line to encounter a challenging unsignposted fork – the road to nowhere or Shangri LA LA LA LA LA …Ooops, sorry an:old: dream :biggrin:
flatcapgamble… mind you the cotton socks of doggie racing went dowhill when they got rid of the palace of Hackney and gave the dogs buckets.
Steve,
While I agree with you about the absolute quality of racing at Goodwood in terms of opportunities for top class animals, in relative terms, in terms of pure horse racing and sheer punting, I believe Glorious Goodwood to be the most exacting test of a gambler outside the World Series of Poker in Las Vegas.
And I include Cheltenham and Royal Ascot in this rather awestruck statement. And they are great, great gambling meetings.
On the south coast, you have five days of high octane punting – approximately 35 races of every type from Group 1 down to low grade handicaps.
The Richmond and Vintage for the up and coming stars. The Gordon for the Leger hopefuls. The Sussex; a Group One for the milers where the winner is seldom forgotten. The Lennox. The Totesport Mile, (to me, that will always be the Schweppes Golden Mile), the Gold Trophy and the Stewards cup for the top grade handicappers.
The Charlton; one of six mad sprints where, by Thursday, memorising the effect of the draw can either fill the bank, recoup nerve wracking losses, or send you running for the Ocean Finance hotline.
Variety is the spice of life and this meeting has it all.
The week is not for the squeamish. Throw in an evening trip to Epsom, a night at Hove, the lashings of beer, the steaming bowls of late night curry and this is what it’s all about. A maximum test of punterhood.
And more; if there is one festival meeting in the season where money talks, it’s this one. The horses are all trying. Owners want to win there. Consequently, a punter with knowledge can win at Gooders.
You can bet with confidence and if you can read a form book, know your specialist trainers (Mark Johnston, Marcus Tregoning, Amanda Perrett), and keep a close eye on the draw, (one of the most biased tracks in the country), you can’t go too far wrong over the week.
I love the meeting. It’s a whole week of excitement in a sport where the humdrum can get you down. And I, for one, get a bit bored with watching G1’s won by the Coolmores, the Aga’s, the Godolphins etc. So excitement doesnt always equate to class.
And finally, like the Aristocracy, I always go away for York, despite the G1’s. A punters nightmare, (Roberto, anyone:cool: ).
Just an alternate view.:biggrin:
Cheers, Max
Very fair point you make Paul regarding situation with doping in US racing.<br>My point was not so much regarding doping per se obviously as the extent to which repeated exposure to any form of cheating breeds some kind of immunity.<br>I think there is a tipping point. I may be wrong but it will be interesting to see what becomes of cycling now. If the Tour is back as big as ever next year I’d have to concede that as strong evidence in support of the premise of your original article.
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R I P Zorro
He upset a cartload, was quirky, but wrote with an honest pen and a lot of humour. I lost track of him in his later years, and think he might have been in Honk Kong – which is all stir fried fish chicken and tofu and brightly coloured vegetables. Such a this n that diet, would have suited Haigh’s love of variety. I hope he enjoyed it, if he was actually there !
15 years on: is where we were then where we are now?
Same old, same old / all change, all change
A good read from a posse of ghostly wordsmiths: it could do with putting on the main racing board for evaluation by TRF’s intake of millennials and generation XYZers, if there are any
Has Barry Dennis fallen off his stool yet?
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I’ve done the legwork for you, Drone- as usual
Seems like he’s had some health problems but is still breathing and is now 80
Dotage implies weakness. I fear for Barry if he is reported to be just breathing by the anti-vax delver Tank who has recently been described as the boss of a group of music sharers who to the ordinary drinker in the Dog n duck seem to share three things in common : the same father, the ability to put up a link, and the illegal use of hallucinatory drugs.
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Great to see that you’re still following every word on here, gamble. You want to leave but you can’t
It’s like the Hotel California here, mate…. I can feel a tune coming on
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You need to study the chart again
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