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35 races in England today, 44 none runners so far. It needs sorting out BHA.
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What also wants sorting out is we had another BENT RACE earlier at Lingfield.
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which race barton bank??
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Lingfield seller. Two horse race on paper. Winner 4s on and the second fav given a very unusual ride.
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as a matter of interest did the bha ever ask the coc at Cheltenham why he gave the official going for the supreme novice hurdle as good to soft ?
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No idea. Would hazard a strong guess at no.
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times say almost good to firm but obviously of no real interest to the coc or the bha plenty of clever money around about 10 days before for opening going been good.
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Accurate going reports are not a priority.
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A partial answer to the question of the cost of Racing for Change can be found in a report in the Post on April 15th,2010. In amongst details of a fall in the Levy and corresponding cuts in prize money is a sentence that reads:
'Funding for Racing For Change in 2010 will be cut by £100,000 to £350,000.' From which I conclude the Levy Board spent £800,000 over a two year period on sending racing the wrong way up a one way Rod Street. |
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The Anorak, if you contemplate what could have been achieved with that spend it's a total scandal the way the money has been wasted.
We've had the ham-fisted 'Sovereign Series', the completely misguided 'Order of Merit', the shameless destruction of the heritage of the sport by moving around its greatest races without any real direction (we had the three biggest two year old races of the season one after the other on a Friday afternoon not so long ago), the total mismanagement of the television rights which led to the departure of the BBC and lost the sport millions of viewers, and worst of all the squandering of a heaven sent opportunity in Frankel, which was woefully under promoted at every turn. Ultimately, imho, it's very simple - it's not about the manipulation of the product, IT'S ABOUT THE HORSES, but if you randomly pluck a bunch of racing celebs, all of whom would have had no ability or experience in promoting anything, and ask them to set the agenda for Racing For Change, as Street and the BHA did, all you are going to end up with is directionless mess, unfortunately for racing... |
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Using the newest high profile trainer as a scapegoat for the obvious performance enhancer problem the sport has was very clever, lets not forget he did say in his defense that he thought it was the norm in this country.
Quickly brushed under the carpet and a year or so later the dramatic improvers trend on flat/jumps begins its upward curve again. Vile from top to bottom but good entertainment. |
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Presumably those behind the "Racing for Change" programme have met with the sack?
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Don't be ridiculous BB, Racing For Change simply shed it's old skin and re-emerged as Great British Racing, identified on the BHA website as the marketing and promotions arm of the sport.
And to complete this tortured metaphor, the same snake in the grass that ran the original, is now Chief Executive of the new body, which still survives on a steady diet of subsidy soaked in gravy. |
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I stand corrected!
Best post on the thread that one, TheAnorak. |