New Posts For Thread: Every day a new farce in UK racing.https://community.betfair.com/horse_racing/go/thread/view/94102/30540881/every-day-a-new-farce-in-uk-racingFlag start over 5f, one tailed off immediately! Anyone who backed that will be rightly pissed off.Onlooker/Salmon - A complication we do not have to consider today. I recall my Uncle Jack saying "Not that one boy, the horse needs a jockey who's good at the start". Never did get a list or even recall one who was good or one who wasn't. He likedhttps://community.betfair.com/horse_racing/go/thread/view/94102/30540881/every-day-a-new-farce-in-uk-racing?post_id=545377723#545377723Onlooker/Salmon - A complication we do not have to consider today. I recall my Uncle Jack saying "Not that one boy, the horse needs a jockey who's good at the start". Never did get a list or even recall one who was good or one who wasn't. He likedFri, 03 Jul 2015 14:14:25 -0500i'm pretty sure that starting stalls weren't used when Charlottetown won the Derby,but think they were the following year when one of my favourite horses Royal Palace won.https://community.betfair.com/horse_racing/go/thread/view/94102/30540881/every-day-a-new-farce-in-uk-racing?post_id=545377699#545377699i'm pretty sure that starting stalls weren't used when Charlottetown won the Derby,but think they were the following year when one of my favourite horses Royal Palace won.Fri, 03 Jul 2015 14:13:27 -0500Neither do I - salmon - Blimey 1948 was the record field - 58 Runners 1966 there were 49 Runners - so they, apparently, started in TWO lines Whether that was 1 to 25 in the front line and 26 to 49 in the back line - or - say -Odd numbers in front -https://community.betfair.com/horse_racing/go/thread/view/94102/30540881/every-day-a-new-farce-in-uk-racing?post_id=545377569#545377569Neither do I - salmon - Blimey 1948 was the record field - 58 Runners 1966 there were 49 Runners - so they, apparently, started in TWO lines Whether that was 1 to 25 in the front line and 26 to 49 in the back line - or - say -Odd numbers in front -Fri, 03 Jul 2015 13:58:28 -05002nd fav wexford refusedshould leave it to Gigginstownhttps://community.betfair.com/horse_racing/go/thread/view/94102/30540881/every-day-a-new-farce-in-uk-racing?post_id=545377507#5453775072nd fav wexford refusedshould leave it to GigginstownFri, 03 Jul 2015 13:53:13 -0500Sprinters. Flag start. Apprentice jockeys. What could possibly go wrong?https://community.betfair.com/horse_racing/go/thread/view/94102/30540881/every-day-a-new-farce-in-uk-racing?post_id=545377219#545377219Sprinters. Flag start. Apprentice jockeys. What could possibly go wrong?Fri, 03 Jul 2015 13:35:09 -0500I don't remember that one onlooker but I do remember tape starts. Just. Given that in a few handicaps they had to deal with HUGE fields I don't remember them being noticeably less equal than they are from starting gates.https://community.betfair.com/horse_racing/go/thread/view/94102/30540881/every-day-a-new-farce-in-uk-racing?post_id=545377185#545377185I don't remember that one onlooker but I do remember tape starts. Just. Given that in a few handicaps they had to deal with HUGE fields I don't remember them being noticeably less equal than they are from starting gates.Fri, 03 Jul 2015 13:32:53 -0500salmon -1950 Lincoln Handicap40 Runners perfectly IN LINE - and stand STILL - at the TAPE - for the Start.23 Seconds into Video...http://www.britishpathe.com/video/lincoln-opens-flat/query/lincoln+handicaphttps://community.betfair.com/horse_racing/go/thread/view/94102/30540881/every-day-a-new-farce-in-uk-racing?post_id=545377089#545377089salmon -1950 Lincoln Handicap40 Runners perfectly IN LINE - and stand STILL - at the TAPE - for the Start.23 Seconds into Video...http://www.britishpathe.com/video/lincoln-opens-flat/query/lincoln+handicapFri, 03 Jul 2015 13:29:13 -0500That chappie from Laddies knows what ees doing.https://community.betfair.com/horse_racing/go/thread/view/94102/30540881/every-day-a-new-farce-in-uk-racing?post_id=545376409#545376409That chappie from Laddies knows what ees doing.Fri, 03 Jul 2015 13:06:08 -0500They should have the tapes like they used to havehttps://community.betfair.com/horse_racing/go/thread/view/94102/30540881/every-day-a-new-farce-in-uk-racing?post_id=545375987#545375987They should have the tapes like they used to haveFri, 03 Jul 2015 12:47:43 -0500What was the reason for a flag starthttps://community.betfair.com/horse_racing/go/thread/view/94102/30540881/every-day-a-new-farce-in-uk-racing?post_id=545375929#545375929What was the reason for a flag startFri, 03 Jul 2015 12:45:16 -0500