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Something in Paris Turf ( En Bref) today about Wolverhampton running races every 22minutes and if my translation is correct Kempton hosting 14 races for their inaugural nocturne.
<br>Looks like the above are  just race times after the hour, on reflection – Doh !
British Horseracing is definitely going to the dogs :(
<br>After all the build-up, the Sportsman is disappointing
Chris Cook<br>Thursday March 30, 2006<br>The Guardian
http://sport.guardian.co.uk/horseracing … 76,00.html
(Edited by zilzal at 6:06 pm on Mar. 31, 2006)
Has Sue Montgomery been on the sauce or is she just oh so droll ?
"And if the gulls who are suspected of causing the delay to the launch by transferring the pebbles from the infield to the track return, it may be a case of the management leaving no tern unstoned."
http://sport.independent.co.uk/general/ … 354084.ece
<br>Now ATR madness is over, can racing heal the wounds?
Greg Wood
http://sport.guardian.co.uk/horseracing … 32,00.html<br>Tuesday March 28, 2006<br>The Guardian
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Charlie Brooks sounds off on Kempton AW and Newbury
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/sport/main.j … xhors.html
<br>Headline of the week goes to the Times and Alan Lee
Jockeys rescue Kempton card from rocky horror show
<br>He informs us: "The new turf season, however, had already been devalued by launching on Lingfield’s Polytrack before an attendance officially put at 671"
http://www.timesonline.co.uk/article/0, … 57,00.html
The AWful future of British Horseracing ! If I had a decent string of animals for training, I’d pack them off to Normandy.
Z
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The man trusted with Magnier’s biggest buy <br>Todd Pletcher tells Chris McGrath, in Dubai, of his excitement at taking charge of the world’s most expensive racehorse <br>Published: 24 March 2006
22 March 2006<br>CHELTENHAM PROBE <br>Crackdown planned on Festival runners <br>By David Yates
I remain  unconvinced that there is a any kind of market for a sports betting daily and even more unconvinced that there is an appetite for one called the Sportsman – Punter Daily perhaps :biggrin: As mad as March Hares, methinks !
What do the TV Adverts look like on the website ? Can’t download them. Are they like something out of The Sweeney ?<br>http://www.thesportsman.co.uk/
Anyone do the Jackpot yesterday? Looks like Sue Montgomery did and was glued to the TV for each race. Did the Tote do enough to publicise it ?
Racing: McCoy helps Jackpot hunters strike the target <br>By Sue Montgomery <br>Published: 21 March 2006
Plenty in today’s papers for those who prefer the proceeding analysis to the preceeding hype of Cheltenham.
Alan Lee delivers an entertainig  two page diary of his Festive experience. Disagree with him on his criticism of the post-race jockey interviews. Anthing that brings the racecourse home to the armchair has to be a good thing.
Alan Lee finds winners and losers at a Festival tormented by the loss of nine horses
http://www.timesonline.co.uk/article/0, … _1,00.html
<br>Jim McGrath also reviews Cheltenham in the Telegraph. In agreement with his support of the four-day week. Anything that makes things easier for those wishing to attend the first couple of days, not least acquiring tickets, gets my vote
Festival facilities need update
Reference in today’s Paris Turf to the proposed All Weather fixture at Musselburgh is deeply depressing. However good the surface is at Lingfield, for me it’s a glorified dog-track with positioning on the  turn all-important.<br>
(Edited by zilzal at 8:39 am on Mar. 20, 2006)
Quelle Surprise ! Hope hibernation went sans probleme, LL. ;) The Arc seems a liftetime ago. What Longchamp meeting  do you recommend this Spring? When are the big trials and 1.000/2,000 guineas meeting on? Chantilly is great but it’s too damn hot over there in June!
Brough Scott at his best in today’s Telegraph on his  admiration for Ruby Walsh and Cheltenham:
Walsh happy to take the rough with the smooth<br>By Brough Scott <br>(Filed: 19/03/2006)
After reading  Lydia’s thorough reply to Andyman on Iris’s Gift, I look forward to reading her take on the Cheltenham horse fatalities so soon after the Newbury deaths.
"But the more I keep looking at this year’s field, the more I keep coming back to War of Attrition, who, despite having run at two previous Festivals, is still relatively unknown."
War of Attrition to strike Gold for Irish
Spot on Hotspur !
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/sport/main.j … xhors.html
James Lawton: Dark side of a great spectacle casts shadow over union of man and horse
Fine colour action  photo of Old Moscow looking after himself with Kauto Star and Ruby prostrate  on Page 82 of the Times today . Almost like a painting  for any who want to remember the old fellow!
But not as good as Naps’ Tuesday Cheltenham photos !
Moscow Flyer reaches end of road
By Alan Lee, Racing Correspondent
<br>http://www.timesonline.co.uk/article/0,,379-2088013,00.html
Betfair are reported to be unhappy at not getting credit from C4 for Exchange info. Perhaps Betfair should be just grateful for the amount of publicity the exchange market gets from the broadcaster.
Given that the Tote are keeping this show on the road I don’t believe C4 are doing enough for Tote Customers in the way of race number info, Tote market prices and Tote SP results. The Tote afterall  will attract more new people to racing and betting  than the traditional bookmakers and the exchanges.
Betfair cry foul over plugs
Wednesday March 15, 2006<br>The Guardian
Golden rules to stick to for a profitable Cheltenham
Monday March 13, 2006<br>The Guardian
Ask for ‘The Black-Clad Sad, Mad, Bad, Baron Of Basingstoke’
Lurk at your peril !
<br>Racing: What Cheltenham means to me <br>For trainers, jockeys, punters, the landlords of Cotswold pubs and even racing reporters the best week of the year has come around again… the heady human and equine brew which is the Festival. Interviews by Chris McGrath <br>Published: 11 March 2006
