New Posts For Thread: Don't trainers watch races through binoculars now....https://community.betfair.com/horse_racing/go/thread/view/94102/31857015/dont-trainers-watch-races-through-binoculars-nowWith a few honourable exceptions they just seem to want to be seen gyrating in the paddock watching on the big screen.....surely they should purely be concentrating on their own horses.....and you can't do this if your horse isn't in the picture.....Slippy, is that really true ? Tragic if is.. Not like a few years ago when all the old gatemen would know as much about the horses as you did. I always remember some at Newbury to be particularly knowledgeable and pleasant they would be on their pohttps://community.betfair.com/horse_racing/go/thread/view/94102/31857015/dont-trainers-watch-races-through-binoculars-now?post_id=564338661#564338661Slippy, is that really true ? Tragic if is.. Not like a few years ago when all the old gatemen would know as much about the horses as you did. I always remember some at Newbury to be particularly knowledgeable and pleasant they would be on their poFri, 25 Oct 2024 17:49:42 -0500A few weeks ago at Sandown, a mate was asked by security what was in the case?He showed the numpty his bins and was then asked why had he brought them to the track? You gotta laugh I suppose.https://community.betfair.com/horse_racing/go/thread/view/94102/31857015/dont-trainers-watch-races-through-binoculars-now?post_id=564338507#564338507A few weeks ago at Sandown, a mate was asked by security what was in the case?He showed the numpty his bins and was then asked why had he brought them to the track? You gotta laugh I suppose.Fri, 25 Oct 2024 15:40:21 -0500When you had to go to the course to bet tax free I used to prefer watching on the TV at Goodwood as you could see more, I often used to see John Banks do the same. Goodwood was the only course I used to do that.https://community.betfair.com/horse_racing/go/thread/view/94102/31857015/dont-trainers-watch-races-through-binoculars-now?post_id=564338075#564338075When you had to go to the course to bet tax free I used to prefer watching on the TV at Goodwood as you could see more, I often used to see John Banks do the same. Goodwood was the only course I used to do that.Fri, 25 Oct 2024 12:27:31 -0500How else would Chapman manoeuvre himself near to the connections who look like winning?https://community.betfair.com/horse_racing/go/thread/view/94102/31857015/dont-trainers-watch-races-through-binoculars-now?post_id=564337681#564337681How else would Chapman manoeuvre himself near to the connections who look like winning?Fri, 25 Oct 2024 09:52:11 -0500something I have never understood with owners either. You wait a year to see your horse run at a Grade 1 track and then watch the race on the telly. I understand if you are not good on your pins but otherwise I would always watch the race from the sthttps://community.betfair.com/horse_racing/go/thread/view/94102/31857015/dont-trainers-watch-races-through-binoculars-now?post_id=564337571#564337571something I have never understood with owners either. You wait a year to see your horse run at a Grade 1 track and then watch the race on the telly. I understand if you are not good on your pins but otherwise I would always watch the race from the stFri, 25 Oct 2024 09:18:23 -0500Willie Mullins does....https://community.betfair.com/horse_racing/go/thread/view/94102/31857015/dont-trainers-watch-races-through-binoculars-now?post_id=564337531#564337531Willie Mullins does....Fri, 25 Oct 2024 09:00:47 -0500Nicky and his rose tinted binshttps://community.betfair.com/horse_racing/go/thread/view/94102/31857015/dont-trainers-watch-races-through-binoculars-now?post_id=564337517#564337517Nicky and his rose tinted binsFri, 25 Oct 2024 08:51:36 -0500Sir Nicky does.https://community.betfair.com/horse_racing/go/thread/view/94102/31857015/dont-trainers-watch-races-through-binoculars-now?post_id=564337509#564337509Sir Nicky does.Fri, 25 Oct 2024 08:49:44 -0500With a few honourable exceptions they just seem to want to be seen gyrating in the paddock watching on the big screen.....surely they should purely be concentrating on their own horses.....and you can't do this if your horse isn't in the picture.....https://community.betfair.com/horse_racing/go/thread/view/94102/31857015/dont-trainers-watch-races-through-binoculars-now?post_id=564337493#564337493With a few honourable exceptions they just seem to want to be seen gyrating in the paddock watching on the big screen.....surely they should purely be concentrating on their own horses.....and you can't do this if your horse isn't in the picture.....Fri, 25 Oct 2024 08:37:00 -0500