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Marble, surely you have noticed by now there there are more astute racehorse trainers and jockeys on this board that have ever have entered a horse for a race of rode out a finish.
I like Mr Johnston but I do have my reservations in certain areas.
Two hundred horses in training? Not that he is alone in having so many animals in training but I have always felt that a trainer should only have as many horses as he can personally get to know and have time to manage. Some time ago I spoke to an old lad who had spent sixty years working in stables, only three employers in all that time. He said that for a trainer to be in full control of all that was going on, 100 inmates to the stable was the maximum.
Then we have the criticism of a stable’s policy of running animals too often. Yes I can see where those are coming from who make this criticism are coming from.
The drying up of this debate, and that is what it is , a debate on the welfare of the racehorse from womb to grave, does not surprise me.
Why is it that so many in the racing world are not willing to have a sensible debate on the subject?
When qare they going to stop defending the sport to the hilt, at the expense of the facts?
So don’t anyone start to accuse me of not knowing about the racing game.
I gambled, went racing, for over three decades and even with all this being profitable and enjoyable I decided to stop the gambling side.
Why?
Get out when I was well in front in the profits stakes.
Other situations outside racing.
And the welfare of the horse, a taboo subject to many of my racing friends.
Today, things seemed to have got worse with quantity and not quality in the ‘racing world’.
Too much racing.
Maybe one could say animals, trainers, riders who should not be on the track are now taking part in the sport because the order of the day appears to be quantity before quality…….
I was one of you at one time but I did not wear rose tinted spectacles.
We can make racing better for the horse, trainer, stable staff and punter but big changes have to be made and let’s start with the horse.
And who do you think YOU ARE.
I pay more attention to those out of the limelight.
When I was gambling i made my money with such horses.
It is not going to be an appetizing feature on Monday at Ayr, with nothing but sprints.
Ayr used to be called and was Scotland’s Premier Racecourse".
Not any more.
I find a lot more enthusiasm etc at Hamilton, Mussleburgh, Kelso and Perth.
No I am not….
Even Mr Nichol’s stables, animals and owners will not compare to the likes of Jarvis, l Stoute, Jarvis,Saeed Suroor, Johnston, or Dunlop & Co
CORRECTION, Jigajig’s rider parted company with his mount AFTER the winning post.
Sorry.
Come on don’t be so stuffy,
The racing fraternity takes life too seriously.
What is wrong with a bit of variety at a racing event.
Gives race goers a chance to compare the two.
Even the odd one or two camel races during the season would not go amiss.
Spirit of The Mist has been improving steadily for some tome and market confidence showed he was a good bet to lift the Toteplacepot Maiden Hurdle.
The opening price of 13/8 look reasonable vallue for money but if I was still betting I would have taken no less than the SP at 5/4.
J Bethel…
G A Harker…
T D Barron…
D Carroll…
D Shaw…
D Nichols…
The above trainers took £66511 of the £73181 first prize money on offer
Not as big or enter the winner’s enclosure as often at W Jarvis, Sir Michael Stoute, M A Jarvis,Saeed Suroor, M Johnston, or J L Dunlop who had horses at the meeting.
Neil, your R Guest, PT Midgley 59, R Fahey nor J Dunlop has winners at your on the day I mentioned
