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So did I. Some good races, good finishes, the winners were good winners not "where on earth did that performace come from".
I got in for free and had a quiet lounge to sit in beforehand; whether I would have been happy paying the £55 entrance fee I’m not sure. However, premier was apparently sold out so lots of people did..
Perhaps the French and the Americans know more than we give them credit for.Cheaters are losers in both countries.
Doyle would have got no ban or fine in America.
But the race wasn’t in America, it was in England under English rules, which he broke.
That’s like a footballer appealing against handball because if the game were rugby he would be breaking the rules.
How can racing expect to attract new followers, new punters, if their bets are lost due to rulebreaking? It’s bad enough the amount of fiddling that can take place within the rules, without allowing blatent cheating to go relatively unpunished.
The authorities in this country shy away at all costs from disqualifications, presumably because they are afraid of the sour taste it’ll leave with punters, and you can understand that to an extent.
But any barging inevitably puts other riders and horses in danger (and we are talking about a sport where a fall can be fatal for horse or rider) so my view is that if you put others at risk you disqualify yourself from winning the prize. It is bizarre that you can break rules that are designed to protect other participants from grave danger and still be awarded the prize.
As for the whip, jockeys should lose their
entire fee
if they break the rules and win , at the very least. For me, the whip rules are there to protect the horse, so if we take that seriously we should disqualify the horse when the jockey breaks that rule (the horse won’t care if it’s won or lost, it will care if it comes back with a big weal on its skin).
There you go….!
Agree with all that. James cheated, he is caught cheating, it’s black and white no subjectivity, he should lose the race. Him, his trainer and his owner. Enforce the rules properly and riders will magically learn to count in the heat of the moment and this sort of thing will stop. no picking on James, I like him; they are all the same.
To avoid the difficulties in the betting ring bookies must pay on both results, as many do now wnyway. I am convinced after a week of these strict punishments infringements would almost disappear and the impact on the ring would be negligable. It would be better for the sport, at the moment you have disgruntled punters who see their horse beaten by cheating.
Partly due to bad luck with some of the top horses retiring prematurely, but mainly due to the bad ground. Heavy/soft is more likely than not at Ascot middle of October. The new part of the track is drained but the old part, especially Swinley Bottom, dries badly.
Newmarket on the other hand naturally drains well thanks to millions of worms below the surface. In fact, Champions Day at Newmarket would more likely be on better ground than at Ascot every year. Actually, with Future Champions Day at Newmarket on Friday it would make perfect sense to follow it with Champions Day on Saturday. Also, the Champions Stakes itself would then be a bit of a unique test, a top 10f Group 1 over a straight course.
The shot to the head, when performed correctly, is the most humane method as it should have an instant result. The horses metabololism does not suit injection, particularly at times of stress. The real scandal is that some racecourse vets are incompetant at delivering the shot and do not get a first time result. This must be addressed with more training/better vets.
Regarding the Mirror; posting on a forum will not make a shred of impact. We all need to hit them financially and reputationally. We need to be as savvy as Animal Aid. Please
– write to the proprieters stating you will not purchase any of their product again, not just the Daily Mirror, and calmly explain why. Explain you are also writing to their principal advertisors notifying them of your disgust and that you will boycott their products until they withdraw their advertising
– write to the principal advertisors as above. Certainly organisations with links to racing such as bookmakers, and other major companies with a reputation to protect as well
In summary, make them wish they never regurgitated this Animal Aid stuff, and make them remember not to do it again.
Nicotine in any form raises blood pressure. High blood pressure causes many health problems and is a dangerous long-term condition that can go undetected while it destroys organs.
Nicotine replacement products are fine as short-term aids to stopping smoking but these e-cigs are being promoted as long-term recreational products.
Sorry to sound like a preacher but enough **** happens to your body that you can’t do anything about; these e-cigs are just an example of business preying on the weak to make profit.
3)big races will move back to mid week as there will be no need to stuff them all on a Saturday
How on earth is that a good thing? So the only way to watch the big races is take time off work or pay a fortune to subscribe to RUK?
Best way to marginalise the product even further is to hide the best bits!
Went once. It was OK. I don’t really like handicaps but I thought on this day all the riders will be trying – no instructions from the trainer to "let him settle"
It was interesting seeing the foreign riders as well.
However I resented paying an inflated price because of the concert so guess what I DIDN’T GO AGAIN. So if you don’t like the whole thing that’s the easy answer, don’t go, don’t bet on the races. Try newmarket or haydock.
And I really don’t think there is any agenda to attract newcomers and so on … the agenda is to make a profit, just like any other enterprise, and I guess they achieve that every year.
Nothing to do with maggie and everyting to do with poor management of the sport. Why should racing be the only sport that relies on a legisltaion-backed levy? Why do racing’s management constantly bleat about the levy and waste £millions negitiating and monitoring it?
Like very other sport they need to license and sell their product. Internet bookmaker can’t take bets and make profit if they can’t reproduce the runners and riders.
I would have, with apologies for any mis-spelling:
1 Anchor – rishi Persad
2 paddock commentators – Willie Carson and Clare Balding
1 roving reporter – Mike Cattermole
1 post-race interviewer – Clare Balding
2 analysts – Jim McGrath and Alan Potts
1 betting ring reporter – waste of time, anyone can do itSo just in case any of the master punters here want to exercise their ferrari on the M6 Toll, the police do loiter regularly with speed traps!
I think we, certainly I, have a lot of emotional investment in the animals. See them in the parade ring, maybe get to know their "personality" or running style, maybe bet on them so for a few minutes it is "my horse". Then it is horrible seeing them come to grief. So I think it is natural to be upset.
Princess Diana, Peaches etc. never knew, never cared about so to me it would be strange to feel upset about their death. Shame about it but no grief or upset from me really and can’t understand why a million strangers grieve.
I feel awful, just awful. Strangely not so much if it’s a heart attack, then I feel sad but not the awful guilt I feel when it’s an injury.
I’ve become less interested in NH racing lately because of this, I really don’t like the idea that I am somehow encouraging this to happen. I also don’t like the way deaths seem to be brushed aside, short few words of regret then on to the next race. I know this has to happen or everythiing would collapse but it doesn’t seem right.
Dear me what a load of rubbish. It’s a straight piace of grass, can’t get much fairer than that. What happens on it is up to the jockeys. With all the complaints about watering I would have thought further tinkering with false rails and the rest would be the last thing needed.
The winner and Kingman were pretty much next to each other most of the race; best horse/jockey won.
