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Isn’t ATR sponsored by Ladbrokes? (everytime I open ATR a Ladbrokes popup appears). This would explain the attacks against Blue Square.
3 months rest? So I would race him as a 4yo. Don’t think that he is worth a fortune at stud for his two Guineas wins. He showed too less to be called a superstar already, he never faced older horses. And as a racing fan I would love to see him running next year…
Next try: There is nothing wrong about the St. Leger. But I don’t understand why some trainers don’t enter their top horses. Authorized for example. The connections prolly think he needs a break before the Arc. If I was a trainer I would run him in the St. Leger before. It’s a good workout.
Can anybody help me find all the 2007 horse racing results for all courses in the UK. This site no longer seems to show 2007 results and I am sure it used to http://www.uk-racing-results.com/racecourse/ripon/
I am trying to establish losing sequences for favourites by race course.
Thanks for your help.
You’ll find everything at http://www.racingpost.co.uk. Registration is free.
Go to "Racecards", select a meeting and click on "Favourites". Then you can see the precentage of winning favs.I prefer flat races because in jump races too many accidents happen and too many horses and jockeys get hurt or die.
Suroor is just a front man for someone else pulling the strings behind the scenes. It was fine when it was Jeremy Noseda pulling those strings…
It’s true, the sheiks make the final decisions and if Suroor wasn’t a good trainer he would be fired very quickly.
Owen owns horses, it’s a funny game of words. And yes, it’s unfair that only rich people can own horse. But as a trainer you don’t need to be rich and I wish you best luck!
Pru, Thirty years of subjective assessment and opinion but you still can’t give a credible answer to the questions. I think that just about sums up this pounds-per-length and WFA method.
I did not say weight should be ignored but it is only a small part in a big puzzle.
Agree, people care too much about weight.
Nitro, syrely it has everything to do with weight considering he was in receipt of 24 lb.
With regards to Enticing bombing out last year, her form was about 10 lb inferior (including her sex allowance) to Kingsgate Princes and it was her only outing on soft ground.
My point is, why can’t we just say "he’s a good horse" and be impressed by the great performance without starting another weight discussion? Kingsgate Native made history yesterday.
The fact that Kingsgate Native has beaten 15 older topsprinters including 4 Gr1 winners tells me that he is a very special horse. And this has nothing to do with weight.
Hi Lydia – may you long flourish in your endeavours.
SwallowCottage – why should racing rely on young people betting or anyone betting? Does football need to rely on gambling?
Perhaps someone could explain this.
My simplistic views on the viability of racing are these:
(1) Why are ludricous prices paid for horses through the sales ring?
(2) Are some trainer fees justified? Consider wages paid to stable staff.
(3) Why do some wealthy owners not worry what staff are paid? They are looking after some very expensive horses. How many horses are ruined by insensitive staff?
(4) Most owners do not recoup their expenses, so unless they are wealthy, why do they become owners and how do they survive financially with prize money diminishing?
(5) Why are the racecourses divided between ATR, RUK, CH4, and the BBC. Do they receive the televised revenues they need and deserve and if not, why not? Football does.
(6) How much does it cost racing in payment to those who control it?
(7) Why does televised racing persist in talking about betting, interviewing some known dubious trainers/jockeys, when they should be talking about and showing the horses.
(8) Indeed, why are horses and their characters not highlighted more?
When one of them wins a prestigious race we get a dry boring pedigree chart which means very little to most people. Why not pictures of the stallion/broodmare involved and a short archive clip of a race won by them. Judging from the popularity of films/books it’s a shame that only once these horses are dead is the public made aware of them.
Even the most moderate horses have characters that quite a few people and children would enjoy hearing about.Wanna add something to point 5.
For people who can’t recieve these chanels on tv and who wanna watch the races online they have to pay two fees – for ATR and RUK. So why can’t the two companies cooperate and offer all tracks for one fee? Okay, ATR offers free replays, that’s great!
Next problem: If you live outside UK and IRE like me, you have no access to RUK. ATR is available for international customers now.
And finally one more minus for RUK: it doesn’t work an my Apple, ATR does.
Fortunately ther are some betting sites that offer videos of RUK tracks also.As mentioned before I don’t really understand people who complain about too many races.You don’t have to bet all these races, you can select the best betting races. And the more races are run the more good prices you will find.
Another point is, what do you wanna do with all the horses? Thoroughbreds are born to run. They would be bored if the had to stand around in the stalls. You are lucky that you have so many horses in England.
