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I keep citing the 48hr final decs rule that was introduced, which trainers, at first objected to on the grounds that is was too far from the race to predict what the going would be on race day. It was changed in order that British racing could get race cards printed in time for overseas punters to get them. The irony is that those punters and British punters were equally badly served by this. British trainers eventually agreed to the 48hr decs but it is clear that
a) Trainers are now just taking the mickey
b) The BHA has sold punters down the river. They claim that the overseas revenue from the race cards go back into British racing. Impressive eh? Look at the pathetic prize money. No visible improvement on that score and punters consistently screwed by the farcical idea that trainers now have to be weather forecasters too.

All this and still the racing press skirt around the subject. They're so full of themselves with their tips but who will champion an end to this catastrophic situation?

And never mind 'going', what about all the 'self certs' being cited along with so much other crap: didn't eat up, bruised foot etc with no input from vets; just trust the trainer to tell the truth. Yeah, right.

<blockquote data-quote="yorick" data-source="post: 2694458" data-attributes="member: 66534">I keep citing the 48hr final decs rule that was introduced, which trainers, at first objected to on the grounds that is was too far from the race to predict what the going would be on race day.&nbsp; It was changed in order that British racing could get race cards printed in time for overseas punters to get them. The irony is that those punters and British punters were equally badly served by this. British trainers eventually agreed to the 48hr decs but it is clear thata) Trainers are now just taking the mickeyb) The BHA has sold punters down the river. They claim that the overseas revenue from the race cards go back into British racing. Impressive eh? Look at the pathetic prize money. No visible improvement on that score and punters consistently screwed by the farcical idea that trainers now have to be weather forecasters too.All this and still the racing press skirt around the subject. They&#039;re so full of themselves with their tips but who will champion an end to this catastrophic situation?And never mind &#039;going&#039;, what about all the &#039;self certs&#039; being cited along with so much other crap: didn&#039;t eat up, bruised foot etc with no input from vets; just trust the trainer to tell the truth. Yeah, right.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="yorick, post: 2694458, member: 66534"] I keep citing the 48hr final decs rule that was introduced, which trainers, at first objected to on the grounds that is was too far from the race to predict what the going would be on race day. It was changed in order that British racing could get race cards printed in time for overseas punters to get them. The irony is that those punters and British punters were equally badly served by this. British trainers eventually agreed to the 48hr decs but it is clear that a) Trainers are now just taking the mickey b) The BHA has sold punters down the river. They claim that the overseas revenue from the race cards go back into British racing. Impressive eh? Look at the pathetic prize money. No visible improvement on that score and punters consistently screwed by the farcical idea that trainers now have to be weather forecasters too. All this and still the racing press skirt around the subject. They're so full of themselves with their tips but who will champion an end to this catastrophic situation? And never mind 'going', what about all the 'self certs' being cited along with so much other crap: didn't eat up, bruised foot etc with no input from vets; just trust the trainer to tell the truth. Yeah, right. [/QUOTE]

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