Sayings In Horse Racing That Are Not True

Always trying

Will make a lovely three year old.

You never see a bookie on a bike.

Anything that Jim Best says.

we like her a lot..shes done nothing wrong  ...shes done nothing right   but we like her a lot ..as long as the owner  stumps up   24 grand a year to keep her in training  to run in class 6 on the sand .....be fair  you would like her

The outsider of 3

He needs softer ground
He needs better ground
He needs further
He'll be better dropped back in distance
He needed the run
Run came too soon (after last run)
He'll be better held up
He'll be better up with the pace

Meanwhile the owners shovel out the money

arklearkle... you got the drift   trainer aint  going to say too the owner ...get rid its a donkey

Found was unlucky in the 'Arc.

Oct 28, 2015 -- 1:29PM, jmdc wrote:

Anything that Jim Best says.

... unless its about cars

Wide draw at Chester- Non Runner.......Horse didn't eat up.

Im waiting to hear a trainer say 'We have never liked him'. Same old rubbish they talk.

travelled in the van

...never seen a van yet on the track

A good horse goes on any ground.

"it cant be done"

You can give weight but not a start.

Will come on a ton for the experience

Given him the office . . .Why on earth would a horse want an office

Jumps from fence to fence.........really

1. "You can give weight, but not distance" which is often followed by "Weight stops trains".

2. "The horse looks like its carrying condition" when we all know there has never been a jockey with the surname of Condition.

"A blot on the handicap" when we all know the book and tv prog was Blot on the Landscape!

Talking of which-are those figures correct for Al in the 2.50?

previous form

U5632U44

we knew it would win

Al was obviously a blot on the landscape and not a blot on the handicap!

"Did it the hard way"; usually the exact opposite i.e. given an unopposed lead at own pace and makes all so it should be "Did it the easy way".

It's been catching pigeons on the gallops.

Mart " I am never wrong "

marts bets

This is the humdinger of them all:

''The bigger the field the bigger the certainty.''

Must have been a bookmaker who said that.

The Melbourne Cup......The Race That Stops A Nation....It Dont.

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Keep out of the black and in the red....

I agree with Crippen;have heard this trotted out for 50 years

The 'Lucky Last'.  Whats so lucky about the last.

game as a pebble !
Have interacted with many pebbles in my time ....still to meet a game one.

"Given the office"

Whatever he does over hurdles is a Bonus.....Yeah Right.

Avoid women with the pox, and horses that bleed.Unfortunately I never avoided either.

"...fascinating race this..."

(C) Pershad, Parrott & Loughran 2010


(Oh no, it isn't, it's just another bog-standard Class 4 handicap).

Any bookie Rep on TV during G National meeting who says " We just laid 20k to lose 400k on *Enter random horse name* in a shop in London"

Two bananas to a banana more likely.

Drifting like a barge..

Under the Fallon drive?

"In a three way go".

Idiots.

'The bigger the field the bigger the certainty.''

Evolves from the likelihood of a proper gallop in a bigger field.

^^^Aaaah, there's another one

"Lost nothing in defeat"!!! What about all the poor bastards who backed it??!?!?!

Does my head in that one.....

'He's a nice type' - i really don't get that one

When a bookmaker says "we got the favourite beat" like they had something to do with it.

my favourite one is the old "anything he does over hurdles is a bonus"

trainer speak for the longer we can keep getting paid to train this dog the better

As game as a pebble.

"always trying"

yes MJ, just sometimes harder than others

"He's done it the hard way from the front" - usually referring to some horse thats been able to set his own fractions with his rivsls conceding him a headstart.

yes, it's probably true that it's not 'doing it the hard way' from the front, although having no cover is a small disadvantage this is negated by the pace-dictating factor, and you can't find trouble in running from the front. Whenever you follow in-running markets the horse in the lead almost always shortens, further proof that leading all the way is never a bad tactic

"Knows the time of day".Do they wear a watch?!
"Knows how to get one ready".Yes,that is why they hold a licence to train.
"Likes to have a winner here".Would have thought a winner anywhere is wanted.
"Always ready to do the job".Well that is what owners pay the trainer to do.
"Doesn't like to go home empty handed".The owner paid for the long journey.

They wouldn't send it all the way up to Musselburgh for nothing..

A is disputing favouritism with B!
Yeah -they're duking it out in the parade ring as we speak.

"The bookies rarely get it wrong"

Bolllocks. That's the reason why we all get accounts closed. They get it wrong every ****g day.

Racing pundits..."their horses are on fire at the moment"....after 2 wins from 19 runs in last 14 days

"Will come into his own over further"...that term, to me, should only be given to a superstar not a class 4 handicapper

S Machin..."as they consortina..." what the fook does that mean??? He's the worst commentator out while we are at it

Rock Of Gibraltar was another one I backed for the 2,000gns @ 20/1 just beat the fav from the same stable lots of people unhappy because the fav had been well backed ante post.

The reason was because I liked the way it won at Doncaster as a 2 year old.

I got a good price from laddies because they were told it was not going to run.

Think the sp was about 9/1 ?

opps wrong thread

A favourite is weak in the market. A morning favourite might drift a bit or even a lot but if it still starts favourite then surely it is still the most heavily backed horse in the race?

what does..in the van mean.

It's a very poor abbreviation of 'vanguard', thus at the head of affairs, leading.

Got a good tune out of the horse
Jockey is riding out of his skin
We just bumped into one
Horse doesn't know he's favourite

..... and can somebody tell me what a "muddling pace" is ?

..... and have we got rid of the "clubhouse turn" once and for all ?

The horse is drawn in the Car Park.

And when a horse makes all to win,  why is it ALWAYS an "enterprising ride" ??

Mark Johnson
He caught them in a straight line re the starter.


Of course he fookin did because they where in a straight line when he pressed the button tw@t

Every post is not a winning post.

' has a heart as big as himself', no he hasnt.

After many P,U,10,9,13,P finishes over hurdles we get the old "needs a fence"

a shokking omission,

'has enough speed to win a July Cup'

right after the horse has won The Derby

My mother could have on that