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Big blow for Plumpton. One of their best-attended meetings of the year. They talk of rescheduling but seems unlikely to me.
Could easily win a Derby but will probably be wasted as pacemaker for a Coolmore-sired hope, like all of AOB’s Frankels.
“yesterday he wore a tie clip but had a waist coat on, these two are not generally worn together”.
Really? Every day’s a school day!Nice to see a bit of balance though. If people are just trying to look their best (even if it doesn’t quite work) who are we to criticize? If someone goes out of their way to attract attention, they can’t complain if they get it. It’s a fine line. Matt C seems to court (and, indeed, enjoy) ridicule about his costume of the day, yet comes in for far less comment than all the women on the show. I’m sure some of the female presenters feel pressured into trying to outdo each other costume-wise. Perhaps a “uniform” for men and women would put a stop to this nonsense and get them all to concentrate on the horses – ITV Racing T-Shirt?
It’s still not nearly as boring as Coolmore’s domination of top level Irish (and, to a slightly lesser extent, English) flat racing. Nobody to blame. Still boring though.
1.45 Jennifer Jane NAP (Esna)
2.20 Falakeyah NB (Chantilly Lace)
2.55 Pole Star (Many Men)
3.35 True Love & Venetian Sun (The Prettiest Star)
4.10 Lazurite (Efsixteen)
4.45 Agamemnon (The Dancing Pirate)
5.20 Evanesco (Study Of Words)Wouldn’t write them all off so lightly ham. Oxagon will do better over further (inexplicably has no such entries, despite his breeding crying out for a mile & a quarter plus). Thesecretadversary was all over the place. Pulled hard throughout and seemed to struggle to handle the track.
There have been several similar discussions on this forum and all have ended with the female being bullied into apologising and a comment along the lines of “calm down dear”. It’s a fine line between banter and abuse. If somebody in the target group is offended, that’s unacceptable, regardless of whether it was intended. We’re supposedly here to discuss racing!
Nor me CAS but jump jockeys tend to know when to call it a day (often on the day itself).
1.00 Sky Majesty NAP (Sayidah Dariyan)
1.45 Addison Grey (Invictus Gold)
2.20 Bullet Point (Fifth Column)
2.55 Beckford’s Folly NB (Asfoora)
3.35 Thesecretadversary & Padraig Dawn (King’s Trail)
4.10 Sovereign Spell (Comical Point)
4.45 Gamrai (Nightime Dancer)
5.20 Stellar Vision (Lohoobb)
5.55 Classic Encounter (Man Of La Mancha)WELLINGTON 3.35 Gstaad
1.45 Velvet Vega (Malika)
2.20 Poseidon’s Warrior (Archer’s Bay)
2.55 St Anton (Lake Como)
3.30 Eyedon NAP (Lion’s Pride)
4.05 Elarak (Silver Ghost)
4.40 Jel Pepper & Cerro Blanco (Saber Strike)
5.15 Cuban Lady NB (Cinque Verde)Yes Wilts, you have a choice of paying to watch racing or not. I actually like ITV coverage but that doesn’t mean I can’t criticise it, especially when presenters make basic errors, like being unable to tell the gender of a horse when it’s walking a few feet in front of you.
I’d certainly be fine with that CAS. Fair play to ITV for employing more female presenters but the disparity is clear for all to see. Male presenters: high profile champion/Grand National/Cheltenham Gold Cup/classic winning jockeys (though an impressive racing career doesn’t necessarily make a good TV presenter, as we’ve seen). Female presenters: young (mainly) blond women who are relatives of male high-achieving jockeys or trainers, some with amateur low-grade race-riding experience. Hayley Turner being the exception. Some have done OK. Megan was awful at first but has grown into the role and is now one of their better presenters & Adele isn’t the worst they have but, for all ITV execs think this promotes diversity in racing, it actually highlights the lack of it.
