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Already got my eye on this. For my money the best website and social media presence of any UK trainer. Not bad for a 90 year old!
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CoolanlyGood luck everyone
I find the way she talks about the horses she rides very refreshing. She sounds like she really cares. Best of luck to her.
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Cunomania
Le BreuilThe Rooneys didn’t release this publicly, they wrote to their trainers with the request and at least one of them has leaked it to the RP.
It’s predictable that the racing establishment has closed ranks against them but I would be interested in seeing any data that supports their decision.
Some owners are routinely shelling out £250k plus on horses with the dream of running them at Cheltenham. If I had that kind of cash I’d want to know if there were disproportionate risks of death and injury to running at Cheltenham, either the Festival or otherwise so I could make an informed decision.
I’d want the same information about all the other tracks too. The NH game risk ostracizing and potentially losing an owner who has invested millions in the sport unless they come up with some facts and figures rather than just closing ranks.Here’s a quote in the RP from one of Verdana Blue’s owners Charlie Parker
“It looked like this race would cut up, so Nicky said we should put her in it. I know the trainer and jockey aren’t very happy as they think they’ve lost their jobs – but we’re very happy.”Not sure if Don Cantillon has got a yard, he is definitely still sending out runners as one was placed yesterday. He has an excellent win to runs ratio with just a handful of horses most of which are owned by him. Not sure why he can’t get many other owners through the door and retain them.
Others I’d like to see get a leg up are Kenny Johnson and Zoe Davison
Dear me sounds like everyone has spent too long in the sun and got crabby with heatstroke what a dreadful ill tempered thread I’m surprised Matron hasn’t consigned it to the bin!
I’ve watched the footage and it’s terrible. More windmills than Old Amsterdam. Barry Hearn is right, what the courses need is more Security. I would describe the guys working the event in the video as Stewards rather than Security.
I worked as a door supervisor in my Uni days at the Student Union venues (even though I am 5 8″ and at the time was 9st dripping wet!) and when we had a large scale event we would employ a “Crash Team” of non-student security to help police the event. There would be 15-20 of these guys all experienced at working doors in pubs and clubs around Herts and North London. If there was any fighting that we couldn’t deal with (90% of it we could,) we would state our location on the walkie talkie and say “Crash, Crash, Crash.”
The team would make there way to the fracas and wade into the middle of it, anyone who raised a hand towards them would get a left hander (the weakest hand and less likely to do serious damage,) and within seconds the culprits would either have run away or been bodily ejected from the premises. The spectacle had 2 effects on the crowd. The few would be dissuaded from getting involved in any argy bargy and the majority would be reassured that any troublemakers would be dealt with swiftly.The racecourses need a mobile team of people like this, broad of shoulder and thick of neck to keep order at the biggest events, but kept in reserve for serious incidents, racing should be a genteel and relaxing pastime after all!
The plebs involved in the fighting on the video wouldn’t last 5 minutes against proper event staff like this. The fact that they were throwing and taking multiple punches to the head shows they couldn’t fight their way out of a wet paper bag thankfully, they’d all watched too many Danny Dyer movies, had a couple of beers and got over excited.
The stewards on the day did a great job as they had managed to shepherd these people from the 4th floor of the stand to the exit which must have been like herding cats, but it took over 10 minutes thus exposing more people to the trouble. Beefier security would have prevented this. I hope that racing takes heed of Hearn’s advice.Apples Shakira
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