New Posts For Thread: Horses in Training 2023https://community.betfair.com/horse_racing/go/thread/view/94102/31797535/horses-in-training-2023This year's just arrived,had a quick flick through and as we know it's very much a numbers game with all the usual suspects having 150-200+ horses,the only thing I've spotted so far which has surprised me a little is the NH trainer with the most horsI remember a quote by Gordon Elliott, explaining why he's happy to train so many horses - he pointed out how many horses he'd had to get through to find just one Don Cossack.But at least Elliott has actually trained a Gold Cup winner, so you can undhttps://community.betfair.com/horse_racing/go/thread/view/94102/31797535/horses-in-training-2023?post_id=563048433#563048433I remember a quote by Gordon Elliott, explaining why he's happy to train so many horses - he pointed out how many horses he'd had to get through to find just one Don Cossack.But at least Elliott has actually trained a Gold Cup winner, so you can undFri, 31 Mar 2023 06:09:13 -0500I remember when I was about 12 (in the 1950's) trying to buy a copy on Liverpool Street station bookstall. The old fellow said 'no son you cant buy that'.I had to get my dad to get it. Bloody cheek when a 12 yr old cant get a valuable piece of his behttps://community.betfair.com/horse_racing/go/thread/view/94102/31797535/horses-in-training-2023?post_id=563048419#563048419I remember when I was about 12 (in the 1950's) trying to buy a copy on Liverpool Street station bookstall. The old fellow said 'no son you cant buy that'.I had to get my dad to get it. Bloody cheek when a 12 yr old cant get a valuable piece of his beFri, 31 Mar 2023 06:00:02 -0500I think Mick Channon never sent his in. Dont know if his boy will.https://community.betfair.com/horse_racing/go/thread/view/94102/31797535/horses-in-training-2023?post_id=563048397#563048397I think Mick Channon never sent his in. Dont know if his boy will.Fri, 31 Mar 2023 05:46:47 -0500Crikey,don't know how I missed Mullins& Harrington.https://community.betfair.com/horse_racing/go/thread/view/94102/31797535/horses-in-training-2023?post_id=563048315#563048315Crikey,don't know how I missed Mullins& Harrington.Fri, 31 Mar 2023 05:11:34 -0500as a big pedigree fan, it was the flat yards that interested me. Most of the old owner/breeders sent all of the offspring of a mare to the same trainer year after year so you could follow them. Now the Racing Post website allows you to do the same thhttps://community.betfair.com/horse_racing/go/thread/view/94102/31797535/horses-in-training-2023?post_id=563048291#563048291as a big pedigree fan, it was the flat yards that interested me. Most of the old owner/breeders sent all of the offspring of a mare to the same trainer year after year so you could follow them. Now the Racing Post website allows you to do the same thFri, 31 Mar 2023 05:02:45 -0500Funnily enough I started taking it again around the time you stopped sageform. I hadn't bought it for decades before that but I've held on to a few from the 60s and 70s.https://community.betfair.com/horse_racing/go/thread/view/94102/31797535/horses-in-training-2023?post_id=563048151#563048151Funnily enough I started taking it again around the time you stopped sageform. I hadn't bought it for decades before that but I've held on to a few from the 60s and 70s.Fri, 31 Mar 2023 04:02:40 -0500You and I go back a long time Salmon. I used to get the book every year but when I retired in 2000 it seemed a good time to stop so that was my last one. I still have quite a few going back to the 1980s but must have thrown out the ones before that.https://community.betfair.com/horse_racing/go/thread/view/94102/31797535/horses-in-training-2023?post_id=563048133#563048133You and I go back a long time Salmon. I used to get the book every year but when I retired in 2000 it seemed a good time to stop so that was my last one. I still have quite a few going back to the 1980s but must have thrown out the ones before that.Fri, 31 Mar 2023 03:52:43 -0500Trainers leaving their horses out has always been a problem going back to the 60s to my knowledge.A few years ago they started compiling lists of some major non-cooperators by other means ( their websites I believe ). The Irish returns have always behttps://community.betfair.com/horse_racing/go/thread/view/94102/31797535/horses-in-training-2023?post_id=563048117#563048117Trainers leaving their horses out has always been a problem going back to the 60s to my knowledge.A few years ago they started compiling lists of some major non-cooperators by other means ( their websites I believe ). The Irish returns have always beFri, 31 Mar 2023 03:43:22 -0500Willie Mullins, A P O'Brien, Jess Harrington, Donnacha have returned their forms but no Elliot, Weld, Joseph or De Bromhead. It's up to them whether they want to co operate. Not all UK trainers do either - and some leave their two year olds out.https://community.betfair.com/horse_racing/go/thread/view/94102/31797535/horses-in-training-2023?post_id=563048085#563048085Willie Mullins, A P O'Brien, Jess Harrington, Donnacha have returned their forms but no Elliot, Weld, Joseph or De Bromhead. It's up to them whether they want to co operate. Not all UK trainers do either - and some leave their two year olds out.Fri, 31 Mar 2023 03:27:30 -0500No Geoff it doesn't,it has done previously but for some reason not this year.https://community.betfair.com/horse_racing/go/thread/view/94102/31797535/horses-in-training-2023?post_id=563047079#563047079No Geoff it doesn't,it has done previously but for some reason not this year.Thu, 30 Mar 2023 12:44:20 -0500