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Channel 4 continued to struggle with it’s viewing figures for racing after pulling in
an average of 600,000 on the opening day
compared to 1 million when the BBC showed it.
Channel 4 claim they are pleased with the figures and say a long programme tends to mean a lower average.
How do you have an "Average" with just one set of results?
I would keep the handicap system but change the structure.
Turn around the 0-80, 0-85 etc and make it minimums by having 80+, 90+, 100+.
Secondly make the bad horses carry the most weight rather than the good ones.
Darren
Its nothing to brag about
but every man and his dog could see
Intello
was a good thing for today,
Bit rich coming from you.
Well done on your winner Darren, he looks a proper nice sort.
Here we go, another Derby preview.
I guess all this video footage will be repeated tomorrow.
The Oaks is being brushed under the carpet as some Handicap race.
Disgrace.
Don’t even get me started on the "betting" angle on this show.
I would really lose my ragg.
Speaking of The Oaks, haven’t even seen them discuss the race yet.
Big feature on The Derby mind you.
Car crash telly it really is, couldn’t have put together a more uninspiring team to represent horse racing.
A jumps feature in the middle of an Oaks day production.
You couldn’t make this up, absolute embarrassing.
225 / SECONDO
• Travelled like a high class horse lto.
• Roger Charlton seems to be getting good form out of his horses.
• George Baker has been impressive this season.
• Trip no problem.
£100 WIN @ 10-3
225 / MARSHLAND
• Set a scorching pace lto, winner ran to 102.
• Kheleyf gelding dropping back to sprinting trips.
• Dropping in class.
• Trade in running material.
£25 PLACE @ 4/1
335 / CRAVAT
• Falling down the weights.
• Two nice spins on the AW where he stayed on well.
• The large field and potential good pace should suit.
• Pat Cosgrave is excellent on well bred horses.
£50 WIN @ 8/1
400 / SILVER LIME
• The second of two nice horses out for Roger Charlton today.
• As tough as they come.
• Stoute stayer with plenty of cruising speed.
• Looks a sure fire 100+ horse by the end of the season.
• This race has a history of being strongly run which will play into his late turn of foot.
£100 WIN @ 15/2
405 / MODERN ROMANCE
• Marco Botti has an extremely good eye for the Irish market.
• This filly will need Robert Tarts 5lbs
• Looks likely to perform better outside of the big days in little exposed fields like this.
• Good form at The Curragh.
• Will relish a quicker surface.
£50 WIN @ 8/1
320 / NOVELLEN LAD
• He has this field on their backside if the real Novellen Lad turns up.
• Performs well at Windsor.
• Enjoys a good surface.
• Class of race no problem.
• Gets the distance easily.
£25 EW @ 16/1
500 / FREEPORT
• He could make a mockery of his mark today.
• Bahamian Bounty out of a Saddlers Wells nick and dam throws 9-12f sorts.
• Run into a few as a two year old.
• Plenty of pace on debut behind Sir Patrick Moore when staying on after showing up early indicating stamina.
• Looks like the horse has been held back for handicaps this year.
• New hold up tactics could see a different horse all together.
£100 WIN @ 8/1
530 / TOP DITKAT
• Interesting Ex-Sir Michael Stoute horse.
• Could really need this run and may be played for a late place.
• Trip & Ground no problem.
£25 PLACE @ 4/1
£1 WIN LUCKY 15 – FREEPORT, SILVER LIME, CRAVAT, SECONDO
£1 WIN LUCKY 15 – NOVELLEN LAD, TOP DITKAT, MODERN ROMANCE, SECONDO.I will only be playing if GingerTipster is playing, at least I know I won’t be finishing last.
I don’t see a problem with the current testing rules as they done what the strategy set out to do and that was finding cheats but no one expected to reel in the biggest fish in the sea which pays tremendous compliments to all of those involved in the strategic direction of this testing policy.
My only gripe with the BHA is the atrocious regulatory controls on licences handed to not just new trainers but current trainers. The issue I have in relation to new trainers is it’s too easy to become established, we’re talking animals worth tens of thousands who cost the earth to keep healthy yet all you need is a mickey mouse NVQ and a few years as an assistant to become legitimately accepted among the training ranks.
This has to end here today, we need to put a stop on the easy route into horse racing from trainers, like any other profession a degree should be required at the absolute minimum alongside fit and proper person checks whilst current trainers must sit tests every 18-32 months on physiological, pharmacological and external environmental trends impacting upon their business to ensure they are aware of the dangers.
I don’t subscribe to the idea that losing Sheikh Hamdan Al Maktoum from racing would be a tragic loss to the sport albeit there would be a period of re-adjustment but British Racing would equally survive in the long run and may even be better off.
What would actually happen in the event? We wouldn’t exactly lose the best bloodlines in the business as it’s widely recognised for a number of years now that Sheikh Hamdan has rarely bred a classic winning colt if any in consistent succession.
I think the markets would be more settled with prices dropping to natural levels that represent the product’s actual value in itself not the mythical fantasy purchase that have long burgeoned the sales rings. Yes, breeders may face a loss in the view of landing that big valuation from the Maktoum family but without their presence I do believe there would be exponential growth in not only number of purchasers but self-made businesses where the dreams of owning a stallion can be realized by your middle-upper class man rather than this supermarket dominance that suffocates the high street as producers are forced to sell to them because they offer the best money and buyers are forced to purchase their progeny because other stallion options are thin on the ground.
You have to look at Meydan in retrospect here too, I don’t believe it has been a success despite the visionary beauty that beholds a 4 week build up to one of the richest racing carnivals on planet earth which has largely been devoid of not only the highest European talents but also those from abroad who seek to maintain their seasonal preferences over a bate worth millions which epitomises that money isn’t everything when personal traditions and perceptions are taken into account.
Mahmood Al Zarooni come across as a nice person when ever I got the chance to hear him speak and I don’t think there’s anything malicious in this at all.
Hope he comes out of this with his training career still in tact, lesson learnt and move on.
135 / MISHHAAR
• Run to 76 LTO, top rated 65.
• Best run over a sharp 8f, drop in trip to suit.
• Visors first time could provide a little more improvement.
£25 EW @ 12/1
220 / SWISS CROSS
• Serious clock performance by Mister Mananman LTO
• Run to 94.
• Severe trouble met in running, flashed home.
• Fallon positive booking.
• Loves Epsom.
£100 EW @ 6/1
500 / LIONHEART
• Run to 81 LTO, top rated 79.
• Wants around 10f.
• Should see every yard of the trip.
• Well treated returning to the turf.
£50 WIN @ 5/2
No singles today
320 / WORLD MAP
• Fav astonishingly short
• Looks to benefit for a step up in trip.
• Handicap first time540 / CLEARING
• Run to 70 LTO
• Would have plausible place claims given improvement.
• Pat Cosgrave strong at Yarmouth
• Ground should suit given pedigree.430 / POSTSCRIPT
• Head and shoulders above these.
• Betting suggest it will be a going day.
• Jamie Spencer a positive.755 / SPEED BOOGIE
• Run to 86 LTO, top weight rated 75.
• Trainer in flying form.
• Ground should suit.
• Open to obvious improvers but should be a place candidate at least.£10 EW DOUBLE – WORLD MAP 7/2 & CLEARING 15/2
£20 EW DOUBLE – POSTSCRIPT 9/2 & SPEED BOOGE 5/1
£1 EW LUCKY15 – WORLD MAP, CLEARING, POSTSCRIPT, SPEED BOOGIE.
