New Posts For Thread: Walking down to the starthttps://community.betfair.com/horse_racing/go/thread/view/94102/31809831/walking-down-to-the-startWhy is this tolerated. It very much inconveniences horses and punters alike. If a horse can't canter to the start it should be withdrawn, nuo.2 of them in this race! Soon none of them will bother being ridden. A complete jokehttps://community.betfair.com/horse_racing/go/thread/view/94102/31809831/walking-down-to-the-start?post_id=563299715#5632997152 of them in this race! Soon none of them will bother being ridden. A complete jokeMon, 17 Jul 2023 10:17:01 -0500It's an interesting discussion and I have to say the horse I have an involvement in, now does an extra lap of the parade ring, wears a red hood and goes down not at a walk but jogs gently to the start, last down. It keeps her calm and works best forhttps://community.betfair.com/horse_racing/go/thread/view/94102/31809831/walking-down-to-the-start?post_id=563299307#563299307It's an interesting discussion and I have to say the horse I have an involvement in, now does an extra lap of the parade ring, wears a red hood and goes down not at a walk but jogs gently to the start, last down. It keeps her calm and works best forMon, 17 Jul 2023 06:32:57 -0500Yes but nothing to do with the subject matter of the thread.https://community.betfair.com/horse_racing/go/thread/view/94102/31809831/walking-down-to-the-start?post_id=563299217#563299217Yes but nothing to do with the subject matter of the thread.Mon, 17 Jul 2023 05:27:03 -0500Roggrain.Lots of good sense there.https://community.betfair.com/horse_racing/go/thread/view/94102/31809831/walking-down-to-the-start?post_id=563297951#563297951Roggrain.Lots of good sense there.Sun, 16 Jul 2023 11:51:27 -0500It is the lack of discipline in the saddling area, paddock and going to post which contribute to late starts.That too but for me, overlying everything else, it is the complete lack of the will to regularise and standardise the stewardship and governahttps://community.betfair.com/horse_racing/go/thread/view/94102/31809831/walking-down-to-the-start?post_id=563297171#563297171It is the lack of discipline in the saddling area, paddock and going to post which contribute to late starts.That too but for me, overlying everything else, it is the complete lack of the will to regularise and standardise the stewardship and governaSun, 16 Jul 2023 08:30:15 -0500Stalls are a problem. They are too narrow. In the USA they are much wider and the stalls handlers get alongside the horses to help keep their heads still.The reason our stalls are so narrow is to do with efficiency at moving them from race track to rhttps://community.betfair.com/horse_racing/go/thread/view/94102/31809831/walking-down-to-the-start?post_id=563296939#563296939Stalls are a problem. They are too narrow. In the USA they are much wider and the stalls handlers get alongside the horses to help keep their heads still.The reason our stalls are so narrow is to do with efficiency at moving them from race track to rSun, 16 Jul 2023 07:12:04 -0500Yes somebody stood about 100 yards away with a flag watching the horses edge forward for as long as he feels like it.https://community.betfair.com/horse_racing/go/thread/view/94102/31809831/walking-down-to-the-start?post_id=563296929#563296929Yes somebody stood about 100 yards away with a flag watching the horses edge forward for as long as he feels like it.Sun, 16 Jul 2023 07:03:25 -0500WE dont have to worry about any stalls today,just the Sun coming out in the summer.The way the weather is not much chance of that.https://community.betfair.com/horse_racing/go/thread/view/94102/31809831/walking-down-to-the-start?post_id=563296869#563296869WE dont have to worry about any stalls today,just the Sun coming out in the summer.The way the weather is not much chance of that.Sun, 16 Jul 2023 06:38:13 -0500Some of the same horses run in Ireland they do not seem to have the problem over therehttps://community.betfair.com/horse_racing/go/thread/view/94102/31809831/walking-down-to-the-start?post_id=563296855#563296855Some of the same horses run in Ireland they do not seem to have the problem over thereSun, 16 Jul 2023 06:34:09 -0500So nothing to do with the people who actually train the horses then?https://community.betfair.com/horse_racing/go/thread/view/94102/31809831/walking-down-to-the-start?post_id=563296849#563296849So nothing to do with the people who actually train the horses then?Sun, 16 Jul 2023 06:33:13 -0500