[Ken(West Derby)]

Is it possible that McCoy could go down on two long odds shots on consecutive days? Bangkok Pete around 1/6 at Plumpton. Likes a bit of cut in the ground, so don’t be surprised.

[Ken(West Derby)]

So Howard Johnson not only loses £100K in a recent armed robbery, he now loses a first-rate jockey.
Surely, it’s just mere coincidence that Denis has been seen sporting a black mask and stripey jumper.
No one should believe the rumour that the two events are in any way connected. It’s not as if Denis has ever ridden badly when the stable money has been down, is it?

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Are you an investigative reporter Curious Kiwi? If so and your apparent suspicions are realised I can just see the breaking news headline now…."POLLY FALLS OFF HER PERCH!…..shame of racehorse trainer who faked her C.V. ….warned off by Jockey Club."

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There’s not much worse when you hear of a few ‘fancied’ fallers and think to yourself "That cuts the competition to mine down a bit". You then try to establish exactly where your horse’s colours are in a packing field only to hear the commentator say, two fences later, "…and we also lost so and so earlier."
Sugar!

[Ken(West Derby)]

Just out of interest, how much money does it take to move from 1/7 to 1/8 please? Can you imagine the pain if say you were in the bookies and had £160 on it thinking you were going to make an easy £20? Just doesn’t bear thinking about.

[Ken(West Derby)]

Albrookes, I suspect the answer is that those TRF’ers who were on are either very shy or discreet about their successes (TAPK and Fist excepted) or choose to avoid being accused of after-timing.
Were the forecast odds mistaken or was it generally available at that price in the morning?
K

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What does it feel like Richard when you’re sitting on one, a recent example Blue Jack, just behind the front group with a furlong to go and knowing that you can pick them up whenever you’re ready? Is it a nervous moment wondering whether someone in front is suddenly going to block your path or do you anticipate what might happen and prepare accordingly?
Thanks

Of course we have to anticipate as anything can happen. On Blue Jack the gaps were closing so I committed a little sooner than I would have liked but I needed to keep a clear run. I could just see the pack starting to roll around in front of me so I chose to kick on rather than wait just in case and he responded well. Sometimes they don’t respond so well and a gap closes but then you have to look for another opening. It’s not a nervous time as you are concentrating and there is no time- you just have to make the decision.

[Ken(West Derby)]

Pompete wrote.. and my mrs despite being a size 8

Very tasty!
The walnut whips that is.

[Ken(West Derby)]

What is your nickname at the yard? More seriously, when watching the horses workout on the gallops at Warren Hill is it annoying for the work riders to be asked questions by Joe Public? For example, if I liked the look of a particular horse and how it performed would I get short shrift if I asked the rider the horse’s name? What kind of stable instructions do the riders get for interacting with Joe Public? It’s just that last year I found some teams very friendly at seven in the morning whereas others wouldn’t even acknowledge a polite "Good morning".
Cheers and thanks.
Ken

In the weighing room I have either ‘Tatty’ thanks to Jimmy Fortune, which I quite like, or I have ‘Prison Break’. Both have stuck well with some of the lads. Unfortunately, with all of the corruption things even a stable lad can lose his job if giving information to people. So they would not be able to tell u the name of a horse in case you are laying or backing, but a simple “Hello” is fine. Maybe lads are just trying to keep their distance as they don’t know who they are seen talking to. If they were warned off or something it can come back to have very serious consequences.

Very interesting point there from Richard re- jockeys having to be careful who they talk to. One can understand their appearing to be aloof under current circumstances. – Cormack

[Ken(West Derby)]

…..and are good with well- mannered, considerate children.

So, if your children forget to say "please" and "thank you" the dog is not going to be very happy. A sort of canine Mary Poppins.

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Himself wrote..ONLY if that person is suspected of placing suspicious or ambiguously phrased bets

I see nothing wrong with having £500 on the Premiership Title to be won by MANCHELSEARSENAL.

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Thanks for that Reason. Seems the ‘blacklist’ has been around a while then. I’m wondering if they’ve got me down anywhere and what they call me? Wouldn’t be surprised if it isn’t "loser"!

[Ken(West Derby)]

I’m not sure how these things work so would I be mistaken in thinking that whereas with a bet on a normal betting slip, unless it’s an unusually large bet that the shop are obliged to phone through to Head Office, the information about the stake and horse remains in the shop whereas, with the quickslips, the computer reading these is able to instantly relay this data thus enabling the potential liabilities to be quickly expunged via the racecourse bookmakers? If so, should the public be discouraged from using quickslips in order to maintain the bigger SP’s?

[Ken(West Derby)]

If you look on the Greyhound Section, Nathan, you might wish to congratulate Ugly Mare’s dog for bringing the bacon home at Yarmouth last night. I doubt whether its odds were as big as yours in the Daylight Cup though. What are you – 200/1 and lengthening by the day?
Cheers
K

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Now going to Chat Room. Come along for the ride.
Ken

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Is it really justified to say that the stable is out of form? Could it not be that we have experienced one of the harshest winters for decades and presumably different yards will have adopted different work regimes to cope with the conditions. For all I know the working practices at Ballydoyle might have purposely dictated a much slower and laid-back approach to bringing horses up to speed. Why have prawn salad now when caviare is on the menu later?

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Cup Competition 2010,
Will tomorrow’s quiz include any easy questions for the less knowledgeable members, such as myself please?

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