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In that case Cheltenham Specialist, I take it all back. Maybe you are the man to follow, in which case, I’ll be backing your selections just as soon as you could let me know when your next long run of winners is due.
I’m off to the Post Office to draw out my life savings because I have absolutely faith in you hereonin.
Cormack 15 asked…can you let us all know when you find a tipping service you have ‘absolute confidence’ in
Sadly, Cormack15, some people appear not to recognise ‘tongue in cheek’ even when it should really hit them in the face. But that’s life I suppose.
Therefore, I have absolutely no confidence in anyone else’s tips proving more or less successful than my own, with perhaps one or two exceptions i.e. Nathan Hughes.
The point you make about the overall success of the tips albeit that we do not get to see the whole caboodle….. Perhaps if you could just restrict the sure-fire winning selections to here and the losers to the newspapers then I’m sure it would save pointless threads like this.
I suppose the main reasoning behind my thread initially though was that when the feature articles culminate in suggested tips then somehow the forum itself loses a little of its gravitas and perhaps, to the newcomer at least, might not be perceived to be held in any great esteem or authority.
But that’s just an idle opinion. No big deal.
K
Mr Wilson wrote…Am I Blue runs in the 5.30 at Newton Abbot
Currently odds on though I reckon it will prove to be easy to back at odds against.
This is all set for a lay bet. Fair enough Johnson is still on board and presumably will employ the same front-running tactics. If so, I can’t see the rest of the field letting him poach an easy lead.
Nor can I see the extra two furlongs being to his advantage. The extra weight combined with a couple of potential dark horses in the field and I think the scene is set for an upset on the cards.
You can of course ignore my remarks, at your peril.
Quite true, Mr. Wilson.
But, in terms of my time, energy, blood, sweat, tears and tantrums I reckon a bit of TRF icing wouldn’t go amiss.
This all starts in the early 1980’s. For reasons which will become clear I cannot name names or identify my sources, other than to stress that if my own identity and whereabouts were known then I daresay my life would be in serious danger.
The main players in this conspiracy concern a Middle Eastern ruling dynasty that came to prominence in this Country in the early part of that decade. The head of this family had become immensely rich as a result of the huge explosion in World trade prices of his Country’s natural resources.
In due course this new wealth resulted in a more prominent lavish Westernised lifestyle which eventually led him to want to mirror the sporting achievements of another Middle Eastern racing celebrity, certainly someone who was a household name.
This latter person formed an alliance with our new racing interloper, a relationship which was crucial in terms of the eventual conspiracy which would shock and dismay people throughout the British Isles and abroad.
The plan was initiated in 1981 by purchasing a sizeable racing base in the South of England and acquiring expensive stocks of horses from both sides of the Atlantic. Success on the racecourse came thick and fast.
But our friend had only one ambition in life, to produce the most powerful breeding operation anywhere in the World. To do this he required the best of the best thoroughbred stallion.
There was only one contender. A horse with a pedigree and track record second to none. The name of that horse is……… Bang! ….bullet enters left lobe…
……….sorry folks
…………they’ve silenced me……
It would be interesting to know the criteria used by the Integrity Department in deciding what indicators warrant a close examination of events surrounding a possible improver. Is it market moves, jockey changes, suspicious ownership/training, poor previous form etc?
Do they have a checklist of things to look out for or do they just operate from gut feelings or external pressures?
I nominate Nathan Hughes. His friend Natalie tells me he’s great in the saddle…..or was it sack?… I can’t remember now.
Roddy Owen wrote…the punters can enjoy themselves with virtual racing
But even with the virtual racing, Roddy, there’s been an element of corruption creeping in over the years.
Little Franky Rudd was stood down for six months recently after being caught with a crayon in his pocket. Apparently he was intending changing his colours on the way down to post.
And I know this for certain, lots of the jockeys are on the take and having luxury nights out in the data base, owned none other than by that guy who spends millions of chips in the casinos, Mr.Micro Soft.
I’m always telling the stewards at Lucksin Downs to "get real" but they just look at me as if I’m mad.
It’s probably just a communication problem, Glenn. No more, no less.
With any large organisation I suppose it must be difficult to co-ordinate all the different departments and decsion-makers. Now, just remind me please…does the BHA have anyone in charge of communications?
This leads on to the Am I Blue incident, I think. The Stewards made a decision that foul play was not suspected. Normally one would expect that to be the end of the matter.
However, within a couple of hours someone decided that this was a matter for the Integrity Department to investigate. To my mind that suggests someone was unhappy with the Stewards take on matters. Who was that person and what prompted them to review matters?
Was it a subjective opinion based on their reading of events or were they operating from a formal procedures checklist (i.e. market moves, poor previous form, jockey change etc?)
If, in fact, their actions were not prompted by external influences (e.g. pundits etc.) but by a recognised and normal protocol then the question I ask is, why did the Stewards not have access to a similar set of procedures whereby they could be justified in formally passing the matter on to the B.H.A.?
What we have now is a situation whereby the Stewards appear, for all intents and purposes, to have taken their eye off the ball when in actual fact they were not given the ball to play with in the first place.
Surely, it would avoid this public fiasco of one aspect of the BHA seemingly out of sync with another. They need to be singing from the same hymn sheet. Whether or not that falls under the heading of communication is for others to decide.
Ken
…and there was me thinking peace and harmony had been restored to the forum this week.
B….cks! I missed all the action. Though, on second thoughts perhaps my absence from the fray saved my bacon.
I’m certain there will be further opportunities in the not too distant future. But perhaps I’m getting old and the fight has left me.
I now find my relationship with Matthew is a bit like arthrititis…I’ve just got to grin and bear it…part of life’s trials and tribulations.
When the jumps season gets properly under way we’ll probably see a bunch of new apprentice jockeys riding.
Every one of them with ambitions to achieve the highest accolade in racing….a place on Matthew’s Roll of Honour.
K
This horse and its connections did nothing wrong whatsoever. The horse ran entirely on its merits. Neither the owners nor the yard had any money on the race. The jockey switch was for genuine reasons.
The real culprits in this matter are the owners, trainers and jockeys of all the other runners in the race. It’s obvious that that’s where all the money came from on the day and everyone was riding to instructions. Therefore Johnson had no option but to lead the field.
It’s hardly his fault if no one chooses to go past him is it?
See. Sorted. Now that didn’t take the Einsteins of the Integrity Department with all their millions to solve that case did it?
Conundrum
(Equine Detective Agency)In some ways it’s good to see that some hacks are finally emerging from their shells and beginning to ask questions.
Let’s hope they continue in that vein regardless of the status of jockeys and trainers. Perhaps, initially, it will attract dark clouds over the sport but it can only serve to bring greater integrity to racing, long term.
More power to their elbows.
…Only a big guy in a blue sweater could be heard in vocal support for the run away victor
Did he look anything like Tom Jones, I wonder? Was he singing: "My, My, My Delyth,
Why, Why, Why Delyth,
So before, they come to
break down your door,
Forgive me Delyth,
I just couldn’t take any more"
