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I agree with you, DJ, so tried to say it in the nicest possible way and in a form that would cause the least offence, if possible. I felt that it needed to be said to add some perspective to the thread in general and the implications that stable lads are, in the main lazy, have an easy life yet still moan for more.
TheCheekster – ‘No offence taken’ ‘Comments like this used to really bother me when I was younger, but rarely do anything but go over my head nowadays.’ – Who are you trying to kid. It’s pretty clear to me you are rather peeved by Shadow Leaders post.
I’d prefer to put it ‘mildly peeved, but trying hard not to be’.
As in, brings back memories of the days before I earnt respect off my own back, but as Shadow Leader doesn’t know me then it doesn’t really count.
It is a common misconception by people who have no experience of the situation.I never got paid overtime for taking horses to the races………..I received a tenner expenses and that was it.
Colin
When i used to go to Tim Easterbys yard to see my old syndicate horse it always amazed me how friendly the workers were. All really polite and helpful. It also struck me how much work they actually do, looked really difficult to me.
I never found that being the son of a (little-known) trainer entitled me to any special treatment in the two other yards at which I worked.
Ah! I was wondering if you were belonging……………trouble is I can’t bloody remember your father’s christian name!
Colin
His first name is the same as yours! Otherwise known as "shrewd handler" by the Racing Post, which I think is one of their code-phrases.
Would like to point out that I wasn’t in my current employment while he was still licensed …
……….and what is it code for, Marcus???
Well I should have remembered that name!
Colin
I did wonder…
I used to work for Amanda, when he rented a yard there, also used to stay with Louise (now Dace) after he moved.
He was a proper shrewdie.Otherwise known as "shrewd handler" by the Racing Post
..or as "Colin Weedon, [age], trainer of Stormtracker" in the Birthdays list once a year, I guess?
gc
Jeremy Grayson. Son of immigrant. Adoptive father of two. Metadata librarian. Freelance point-to-point / horse racing writer, analyst and commentator wonk. Loves music, buses, cats, the BBC Micro, ale. Advocate of CBT, PACE and therapeutic parenting. Aspergers.
well i’ve got to say working for a top trainer doesn’t mean everything goes right, and certainly we aren’t always treated right.
i know racing is underpaid, but i do it because i love my horses, again my GCSE’s an AS leveles were brilliant, but i am doing what i wanted to do.
i will say my job is ok, but when you can’t report things that have been done (‘you can’t prove it’) what on earth can you do?
well its gettin late for moi an i’m racing tomorrow
love it or leave it
daiesy
belle of the valleyrotfl
The post underneath was posted by Nor1 on this thread several days ago and deleted by me, primarily as I felt it was playing into teh hands of the person who started the thread whom I suspected was simply out to cause us grief. In the interim Nor has contacted me and explained why it was posted and I’ve agreed to re-publish it along with a reply –
Nor1’s post –
I’m concerned with the ‘spat’ you’ve had with THEE&ME.
Do you know details about our connections with the racing industry, and if so, what do you do with your knowledge?
Knowing people who work ‘inside’, I would be extremely worried if details were passed on which could affect their employment in any way.
And getting back to the corruption issue, I would say quite a few are concerned by it, as they genuinely care about the horses they look after.
Who wants to be part of an industry where horses are ‘medicated’ or are held back for that ‘special day’.
Nor1 –
Reagrding my knowledge of people’s connections with racing. The only racing connections I know of, or could be aware of, are those that people make public on the forum.
I don’t do anything with any knowledge I have of members and/or their racing connections. I’m not sure what I could pass on that would be of benefit and to who really. Everything that is posted on the forum is in the public domain in any case so anyone who is interested could just come on and have a look for themselves.
The forum’s policy, and my own moral stance, is that we do not pass any confidential details on members to any third party, under any circumstances, barring that which we might be required to provide under law (i.e. if we were forced to by a court order, etc).
It is a question of trust and I would hope that during my time as both a member and as the proprietor of the forum that I have never behaved in a way which compromised the privacy or personal details of any member and nor do I have any intention of ever so doing.I respect your views on the issue of whether stable staff care about the corrruption issue. Some of my comments on this thread were made more as a riposte to my perception that THEE&ME was malevolently trying to create problems for us rather than addressing the points under discussion constructively and I apologise for that.[/i]
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