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If you remember Mr Burns was certified dead on arrival at the County Hospital, but they took him to a better private hospital where his condition was described as "comfortable".
Did they pay out on the first result, or were bets voided under rule 38b??
Sorry, I should have said aluminium
alloy
. It does make a difference
But I won’t pretend that I know an awful lot about the electrical conductivity of racing plates v e-cigarettes, because I don’t. Nor how that pertains to safety from electric shock.As a Chartered Engineer I can assure everyone that the conductivity of the shoes was not a factor in the incident.
Do you think they’d pay thousands of pounds to purchase the animals, then thousands of pounds in training fees, vets fees, etc., without taking out insurance?
Yes, insurance for racehorses is borderline viable so many people don’t. It costs about 10% of the value insured per year.
I am sure that financial considerations will not be at the forefront of connections’ minds at this terrible time. Commiserations to all involved.
What’s your point C-R??
Sounds like you are a supporter of low prize money, as you gleefully point out when trainers reluctantly enter below tariff races. There are many reasons for this, but selective actions at s certain meetings make a point quite well, just as trade unions use one day strikes to make their point.
Come to think of it, you don’t like racing much do you? Why bother?
Because it’s all available for free on Sportinglife.com so nobody was bothering with RUK’s clunky web site?
http://www.racingpost.com/news/horse-racing/horsemens-group-simon-bazalgette-paul-dixon-roa-jockey-club-racecourses-add-2-2m-prize-money/817431/racingbusiness/
Whatever the cynics may say, it’s working….
The three runner Novice Chase at Musselburgh the other day was the best race on the card to watch, but I didn’t have a bet and rarely do. I just like to see good horses jumping well, and the tactics of the top jockeys unfolding. In that race Graham Lee out-thought Brian Hughes.
Anyone remember "banded Racing" or was it "regional racing" ?
It was utter dross whatever it was called, and it didn’t work
One last comment – Cjboy suggested earlier that owners were subsidising punters. I’d argue that we are actually subsidising racecourses to a far geater extent. Punters can bet on other things, and we know that they do, but the tracks will always need owners to supply them with horses.
AP
THat’s not an argument, it’s a fact. I totally agree with you, my previous comment was a reaction to the fact that there seem to be far more punters that racecourse owners posting on here.
Anyone can download the annual report of Arena, in which they brag about increasing profits and future profit growth due to the media rights income they are set to receive.
I would argue that the funding of racing, when considered properly, counting both the levy and the media rights income, is nothing like as bleak as the prize money decline would suggest.
The big problem is that the racecourses have received the media rights income, not a central fund for racing, so it is disappearing outside the sport in dividends and taxes on profits made by racecourses.
CJB
Incidentally, regarding the likelihood of more competitve races being the result of fixture cut with the consequence that those with poor horses fail to win much (any) prize money. Tough-titty, why should the connections of bad, maybe cheaply-bought horses expect some sort of return for their money? Racehorse ownership, particularly at the lower end is above all else a hobby isn’t it?
A hobby for those in the fortunate position of being able to throw away a significant chunk of disposable income in order to enjoy indulging in a trivial pursuit: the racing of horses
As a racehorse owner despite having some good horses and one very good one, I have never made any money out of racing. It is my choice to own horses, and my choice will soon be to own less horses than now due to the prize money.
I find it breathtakingly hypocritical when punters come up with the sort of tripe I quote above. (This is just an example not a go at the author of those words in particular). One question to all those saying the same:
Why should racehorse owners subsidise YOUR hobby, i.e. Gambling???
Kalahari King does not want it rattling good ground, same as last year will be fine. I think at Cheltenham the handicap win at Doncaster had just taken the edge off him, and it was a quick QM (the only race at the festival run below Standard time)
He is in better order this time, I still rate FPDP the one to beat.
Of course the track at Cheltenham used to continue past the current finishing line and loop round to rejoin the course, going through what is now the stable yard.
Poker de Sivola has come out of Cheltenham very well, must surely run in either the Irish or Scottish National
Poker de Sivola has come out of the race brilliant, and will be running again soon in the form of his life.
Gerathy knows Big Zeb is the only horse that can serve it up to the champ.
Thats what i cant get my head round thm,Geraghty must have had the choice of Big Zeb and Forpady and yet he has blatantly chose the wrong one!
Have you ridden both as well then?
I can tell you with total certainty that the owners of Kalahari King do not have a bet.
