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Is it just me or does anyone else think Joseph O'brien's inexperience might have cost SYT the race? Jan Vermeer was very slow out of the stalls, though whether that was the horse or the jock, personally couldn't tell. So SYT find himself in front. Atjebi on the supposed godolphin front runner...

Grey, Haven't been to Downpatrick. Love to go to more Irish tracks but have been only to The Curragh and Punchestown. The one track in the UK we'd prefer never to see again is Wolverhampton. richard

Going back to the original thread my wife and I have been to all the racecourses in the UK apart from Ffos Las. In a sense it just happened, think we'd been to about three dozen and it dawned on us we could do the rest with a bit of planning and a bit of luck. For example, Bangor and Carlisle...

Thanks Krizon for that info. richard

Why, in a time of economic difficulties, with prize money declining, are Arena Leisure talking about investing what has to be a large sum of money in sectional timing equipment? The results of which will only ever be of interest/use to a small number of punters? Could it be that the off course...

Cantoris, that is a very good point if I may say so. Which kinda suggests that if buying Betfair you need to use money that you can afford to put away for a longish time and which you aren't going to need in a hurry. richard

Think Cantoris is absolutely right. I don't deal on the stock exchange anymore but I used to and used to "stag" what are now called IPOs. If I was still dealing, my instructions to my broker would be to sell if the shares went up by 5% after the IPO, unless you have good reason to think the...

Prufrock, let me try to make it a bit more intelligible. The levy board is a statutory body, ie set up by goverment legislation. Racing's members of the board are the Horseman's Group, the RCA and the BHA. These three organisations have come together under the banner of Racing United to address...

Well said Krizon and Prufrock (re my reply on another forum) I am unclear what it is you are going on about. The plain fact of the matter is that owners, horses, trainers are declining in numbers. It is, as Krizon says about time that they along with the TBA and the Racecourses united to...

There has already a significant drop in the mumber of owners, trainers and horses in training. These figures are taken from the latest BHA's Racing Bulletin comparing to July 2008- 2010 with the exception of trainer numbers which are to June. Owners fell by 9% from 8907 to 8075 New owner...

Prufrock, May I say first of all that imho you did a great job at the Sportsman, your equivalent of RP Spotlight horse comments were well ahead of the RP's at the time. Having said that wasn't the RP opinion piece a typical example of their blame everyrbody for the state of racing apart from the...

I think the most worrying point about the Findlay appeal decision is that it shows there is one set of rules for the well connected in racing - ie rules don't apply to their full extent - and another for the majority of ordinary mortals - ie the rules apply strictly. For example: Fallon meets...

Have to say I agree wholeheartedly with SL, DJ and Krizon, I'd just add that on occasions the way the race is run doesn't pan out as expected and a top class jockey realising that will adjust the riding plan accordingly. But I'm talking as an owner who has never had more than one wholly owned...

Be very interesting to see how Balleydoyle employ their team tactics, which don't seem to have been working too well lately, and what the French stewards make of them. richard

SL Intereting post, but it begs the question what is Mr Main well respected for? An ability to administer an illegal substance on the day a horse is racing? richard

So now we know, Aidan O'B doesn't have any say in how Coolmore horses run their races, he just leaves it to the jocks to make their own decisions. richard

Pacemakers don't need to be banned it's not pacemaking as such which is the problem, the problem is deliberate team tactics. richard

On the G L website there is a press release dated 09/01/08 headed "Great Leighs appoints Arena to manage racing operations" Here is the link: http://www.greatleighs.com/articles.php?id=19 ruchard

Been there once. as it happens on a lovely summer evening and we got in free courtesy of our ROA card. Have to say agree with all the negative comments about GL, especially the prices in the betting hall, although the prices are significantly cheaper in the O&T's facility. The one thing that did...

Venusian. I don't understand the legal situation. According to a piece in the RP at the time: "... the OFT is understood to take the view that prize-money in someway represents the price of a racing opportunity for owners and trainers. As such, its argument goes, a commercial transaction is...