Max McNeill

[Gullible]

Agree or disagree this is bound to generate some conversation

https://twitter.com/x/status/2007476551932108807

 

[notsodancingbrave]

Agree or disagree this is bound to generate some conversation

https://twitter.com/x/status/2007476551932108807

I would agree with the too much racing, look at what we have had over the last few weeks with many meetings throwing up 3 and 4 horse races.
The BHA should look at the Irish model, have a maximum of 2 day 1 evening meeting each day and have a maximum 3 meetings Saturday and 3 meeting Sunday.
But they also have to look at the class of races that they are providing and IMHO they need to reduce the number of class 5 and 6 races and pump more prize money into the class 3 and 4 races.
I think if racing is to survive long term there needs to be a reduction of low level, low class horses and encourage owners to aim higher.
How do we get there? I haven't a scooby doo but there needs to be a long term strategy created.

 

[Gullible]

I agree with you but when the lack of runners in Point to Points have been complaining that the sport is DEAD but …………

 

[Ian_Davies]

I would agree with the too much racing, look at what we have had over the last few weeks with many meetings throwing up 3 and 4 horse races.
The BHA should look at the Irish model, have a maximum of 2 day 1 evening meeting each day and have a maximum 3 meetings Saturday and 3 meeting Sunday.
But they also have to look at the class of races that they are providing and IMHO they need to reduce the number of class 5 and 6 races and pump more prize money into the class 3 and 4 races.
I think if racing is to survive long term there needs to be a reduction of low level, low class horses and encourage owners to aim higher.
How do we get there? I haven't a scooby doo but there needs to be a long term strategy created.

The bloke makes some fair - but surely fairly obvious - comments about racing generally, but he is viewing British Pointing through a very narrow prism.

Yes, it's great for him if he can buy a quality horse (as he appears to have done) out of British Pointing and it's good publicity for British Pointing.

But it doesn't actually do anything to improve the lot of what remains of the dwindling grassroots of British Pointing.

British Pointing needs to become more affordable and accessible to owners, and that means better prize money and hospitality at all levels of British Pointing, not just a myopic focus on the occasional star that emerges and swiftly exits the sport to go under rules.

No Drama This End was one of 56 horses to run in four divisions of a Maiden Point at Badbury Rings.

Good luck to Will Biddick on his success there, but what of the connections of the other 55?

How many of those horses are still in Pointing?

How many of their owners are?

There is always a wider picture.

 

[Gullible]

I would agree with the too much racing, look at what we have had over the last few weeks with many meetings throwing up 3 and 4 horse races.
The BHA should look at the Irish model, have a maximum of 2 day 1 evening meeting each day and have a maximum 3 meetings Saturday and 3 meeting Sunday.
But they also have to look at the class of races that they are providing and IMHO they need to reduce the number of class 5 and 6 races and pump more prize money into the class 3 and 4 races.
I think if racing is to survive long term there needs to be a reduction of low level, low class horses and encourage owners to aim higher.
How do we get there? I haven't a scooby doo but there needs to be a long term strategy created.

What I cannot comprehend is the dead heads that are heralding the end of PTP’s without realising that not far behind will be NH racing they are glorifying PTP is dying and what ever the powers to be are doing to try to stop it are trying to rip them to pieces because in their tiny minds they know better within 1 hour of me making this post there were comments going out on other SM outlets ripping them to pieces I refuse to look if comments have been made here but I am sure that they have……