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My Dad was not working at Ascot racecourse yesterday, so it was nothing to do with him

Having been "behind the scenes" at both Newbury and Ascot I can understand how easily a lad or lass perhaps (any member of staff), sees a horse as famous as Kauto walking a bit lame or stiff, then they see the vet is called, it doesn't take long for a few mobile phone calls to be made and the Chinese whispers to start.

Paul Nicholls was probably put in a very difficult position if news of the apparent lameness had made it's way to "The Press" or to a bookies - how on earth does a trainer respond when perhaps he wasn't fully aware of the extent of the problem himself. shrug:: Newbury and Ascot do have numerous (excellent) vets on site but many trainers, like Paul would prefer their own vet to have a look before releasing any formal statement to The Press.

I am just relieved that it was nothing serious and that Plan A continues! Cheltenham here he comes.... barring any setbacks of course.

<blockquote data-quote="Kathy" data-source="post: 2135633">My Dad was not working at Ascot racecourse yesterday, so it was nothing to do with him&nbsp; <img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f61b.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=":P" title="Stick out tongue&nbsp; &nbsp; :P"&nbsp; data-smilie="7"data-shortname=":P" /> Having been &quot;behind the scenes&quot; at both Newbury and Ascot I can understand how&nbsp; easily a lad or lass perhaps (any member of staff), sees a horse as&nbsp; famous as Kauto walking a bit lame or stiff, then they see the vet is called, it doesn&#039;t take long for a few mobile phone calls to be made and the Chinese whispers to start.Paul Nicholls was probably put in a very difficult position if news of the apparent lameness had made it&#039;s way to &quot;The Press&quot; or to a bookies&nbsp; - how on earth does a trainer respond when perhaps he wasn&#039;t fully aware of the extent of the problem himself. shrug::&nbsp; &nbsp; Newbury and Ascot do have numerous (excellent) vets on site but many trainers, like Paul would prefer their own vet to have a look before releasing any formal statement to The Press.I am just relieved that it was nothing serious and that Plan A continues!&nbsp; Cheltenham here he comes.... barring any setbacks of course.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Kathy, post: 2135633"] My Dad was not working at Ascot racecourse yesterday, so it was nothing to do with him :P Having been "behind the scenes" at both Newbury and Ascot I can understand how easily a lad or lass perhaps (any member of staff), sees a horse as famous as Kauto walking a bit lame or stiff, then they see the vet is called, it doesn't take long for a few mobile phone calls to be made and the Chinese whispers to start. Paul Nicholls was probably put in a very difficult position if news of the apparent lameness had made it's way to "The Press" or to a bookies - how on earth does a trainer respond when perhaps he wasn't fully aware of the extent of the problem himself. shrug:: Newbury and Ascot do have numerous (excellent) vets on site but many trainers, like Paul would prefer their own vet to have a look before releasing any formal statement to The Press. I am just relieved that it was nothing serious and that Plan A continues! Cheltenham here he comes.... barring any setbacks of course. [/QUOTE]

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