Articles the Racing Post put behind a paywall that you'd want paying to read....

[edgt]

A good country and western song tells a life story in under three minutes; the opening line has to make you want to hear the second line and so on.
Racing and c/w have a lot in common given there are more losers than winners in the game.

 

[Coach miguel]

1,600 words plus is the easiest way to lose the interest of the reader. It should be far less, have a beginning(or introduction), a middle and an end (or conclusion). When I write up point to point reports, I try to start off with a brief paragraph of the main events, followed by what I think is the most deserving race story. And then sometimes I like to play around linking paragraphs so if a veteran horse has won a race then a veteran jockey has won another, I follow on (if that makes sense). It's a way of trying to engage the reader and make it interesting. We are now limited to 1,000 words which can be difficult but I think correct.

Very few in the racing press have the nous to write a 1500 word piece that is interesting and informative. I like Pete Thomas and Julian muscat and their love for the sport shines through but they are not Oscar wilde. Give the reader the benefit of the doubt as I can see many on here who are just as knowledgeable as those writing for the racing post. A lot of the stuff written about Ireland tends to be top reading. Yes aidan and Willie's domination is not entirely healthy for racing in Ireland but they are fantastic trainers and we're doing amazing numbers before they got the big backers. Unless other operations step up to their level then it will continue. The fact godolphin cant compete with ballydoyle on group one level shows its not all about money.