New Posts For Thread: Lee Mottershead: summer jumping: time to consider its futurehttps://community.betfair.com/horse_racing/go/thread/view/94102/31875143/lee-mottershead-summer-jumping-time-to-consider-its-future"As water becomes an ever more precious resource, the irrigation of racecourses is going to represent racing with a serious reputational risk.""The "Environment Agency has estimated that summer rainfall is expected to fall by around 15 per cent in thThe notion that the amount of water used by racecourses threatens supply is bonkers. Compared the night and day use of irrigators by farmers in dry weather it is a drop in the ocean. Most of the water used is pumped out of local sluices or farm aquifhttps://community.betfair.com/horse_racing/go/thread/view/94102/31875143/lee-mottershead-summer-jumping-time-to-consider-its-future?post_id=564752769#564752769The notion that the amount of water used by racecourses threatens supply is bonkers. Compared the night and day use of irrigators by farmers in dry weather it is a drop in the ocean. Most of the water used is pumped out of local sluices or farm aquifWed, 28 May 2025 12:21:17 -0500Terrible thing greed,ruination tbh….https://community.betfair.com/horse_racing/go/thread/view/94102/31875143/lee-mottershead-summer-jumping-time-to-consider-its-future?post_id=564752325#564752325Terrible thing greed,ruination tbh….Wed, 28 May 2025 10:37:57 -0500Would it be worth buying a young fast ground jumper now with overwatering ?https://community.betfair.com/horse_racing/go/thread/view/94102/31875143/lee-mottershead-summer-jumping-time-to-consider-its-future?post_id=564752315#564752315Would it be worth buying a young fast ground jumper now with overwatering ?Wed, 28 May 2025 10:33:00 -0500just another woke mincer of wordshttps://community.betfair.com/horse_racing/go/thread/view/94102/31875143/lee-mottershead-summer-jumping-time-to-consider-its-future?post_id=564752283#564752283just another woke mincer of wordsWed, 28 May 2025 10:17:52 -0500There's no flat racing on the turf between the beginning of November and the end of March. I can see no reason why the National Hunt season can't have a close season between the Whitbread meeting at Sandown in April and the opening Cheltenham meetinghttps://community.betfair.com/horse_racing/go/thread/view/94102/31875143/lee-mottershead-summer-jumping-time-to-consider-its-future?post_id=564752249#564752249There's no flat racing on the turf between the beginning of November and the end of March. I can see no reason why the National Hunt season can't have a close season between the Whitbread meeting at Sandown in April and the opening Cheltenham meetingWed, 28 May 2025 10:08:36 -0500boy georege finds the conspiracy angle as usualthere were plenty of summer meeting rained off last year. weather patterns no longer form a .. er.. pattern. they are completely random so you cant be sure when you are going to be able to race summer orhttps://community.betfair.com/horse_racing/go/thread/view/94102/31875143/lee-mottershead-summer-jumping-time-to-consider-its-future?post_id=564752161#564752161boy georege finds the conspiracy angle as usualthere were plenty of summer meeting rained off last year. weather patterns no longer form a .. er.. pattern. they are completely random so you cant be sure when you are going to be able to race summer orWed, 28 May 2025 09:29:19 -0500Quite so. I've no problem with a reduction in the number of summer jump fixtures (but a reduction in all UK fixtures is also needed so that's no surprise) and a longer, say month long, break (which would surely be beneficial for all participants) buthttps://community.betfair.com/horse_racing/go/thread/view/94102/31875143/lee-mottershead-summer-jumping-time-to-consider-its-future?post_id=564752119#564752119Quite so. I've no problem with a reduction in the number of summer jump fixtures (but a reduction in all UK fixtures is also needed so that's no surprise) and a longer, say month long, break (which would surely be beneficial for all participants) butWed, 28 May 2025 09:15:02 -0500The much more visceral issue for jumps racing is regularly seeing horses being killed on the track. Obviously not watering would exacerbate the issue.https://community.betfair.com/horse_racing/go/thread/view/94102/31875143/lee-mottershead-summer-jumping-time-to-consider-its-future?post_id=564752113#564752113The much more visceral issue for jumps racing is regularly seeing horses being killed on the track. Obviously not watering would exacerbate the issue.Wed, 28 May 2025 09:10:24 -0500Mottershead does acknowledge in his article that summer jump racing is vital for some in terms of employment and the viability of businesses, but that's pretty much it, admitting that he would not lament its passing and claiming that many of the sporhttps://community.betfair.com/horse_racing/go/thread/view/94102/31875143/lee-mottershead-summer-jumping-time-to-consider-its-future?post_id=564752083#564752083Mottershead does acknowledge in his article that summer jump racing is vital for some in terms of employment and the viability of businesses, but that's pretty much it, admitting that he would not lament its passing and claiming that many of the sporWed, 28 May 2025 09:02:45 -0500Delete thehttps://community.betfair.com/horse_racing/go/thread/view/94102/31875143/lee-mottershead-summer-jumping-time-to-consider-its-future?post_id=564751933#564751933Delete theWed, 28 May 2025 08:04:47 -0500