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[Desert Orchid]

I hadn't heard of this until yesterday.

Now I read this morning that Harry Cobden says he'd rather win it than the jockey's championship.

Sean Bowen is less committal but I imagine Skelton will go for it.

I wonder if this will shape ITV racing going forward. I reckon it will influence my thinking a fair bit, seeing what the jockeys end up riding in these races compared to what I might have expected them to ride.

Could it actually be good for us punters in that respect?

 

[viking]

They talked a lot about it on ITV yesterday. Can’t say I paid much attention but it adds some further interest to the racing on telly.

Think there’ll be few surprises when jocks ride for their main stable but there may be when they take outside rides.

I’m sure Cobden isn’t the only one who would prefer a half million quid to the jockey’s title

 

[tiggers1972]

Anyone think that Townend will be on to Willie to send some over.

 

[Desert Orchid]

Anyone think that Townend will be on to Willie to send some over.

I can see Elliott and de Bromhead giving it serious consideration for their main jockeys, in which case they might end up playing their Cheltenham cards earlier than usual.

 

[LUKE]

I can see Elliott and de Bromhead giving it serious consideration for their main jockeys, in which case they might end up playing their Cheltenham cards earlier than usual.

No -it's all about the festival.

 

[Grey]

This thing could set up serious tension between jockeys, trainers and owners about which races to target. Harry Cobden is suggesting in an aside that Paul Nicholls will want half the prize money if he (Cobden) manages to win it, and the owners group is protesting that there is nothing in it for them either.

 

[LUKE]

This thing could set up serious tension between jockeys, trainers and owners about which races to target. Harry Cobden is suggesting in an aside that Paul Nicholls will want half the prize money if he (Cobden) manages to win it, and the owners group is protesting that there is nothing in it for them either.

How greedy is Nicholls.

 

[simmo]

Rather distasteful how the dangling of a sizeable purse has shown us the grasping, grabbing nature of our sport.

 

[Desert Orchid]

I would genuinely hope Cobden's remark about Nicholls was tongue in cheek. I imagine there might have been words between them after that interview even if it was because it isn't very complimentary towards the man who has shaped his career.

Maybe their working relationship is such that they can slag each other off, but in public?

My brothers and I rip it out of each other on a regular basis but we'd never do it within earshot of people who might not get the humour.

The grasping, grabbing nature of our sport is down to its being run by grasping, grabbing bookmakers.