the skeltons

they love their barn switchers

The way he rode that think they had a few quid on

*ie thought better of laying their switchers fto

I posted this - on another Thread - that I brought back ...

onlooker    02 Aug 18 15:45 

Are we set for ANOTHER ONE? - in the next race at STRATFORD.

80-rated - £7.000 out of N W Alexander yard.

The needy and greedy can step in - if they so wish ... I will just look on.
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onlooker    02 Aug 18 15:53 

STREWTH -

Even the 'In-Running' LAYERS cannot get them beat.

BSP 2.26

'In-Running' ...

4        £18    £4,418       
4.1        £12    £1,738       
4.2            £1,586       
4.3        £0    £971       
4.4        £2    £1,408       
4.5        £49    £1,676       
4.6            £1,395       
4.7            £956       
4.8        £2    £806       
4.9        £1    £998       
5        £29    £1,784       
5.1        £8    £496       
5.2            £843       
5.3            £116       
5.4        £143    £448       
5.5        £4    £157       
5.6            £317       
5.7            £379       
5.8            £399       
5.9            £386       
6        £22    £652       
6.2            £823       
6.4        £5    £132       
6.6        £0    £484       
6.8        £11    £1,161       
7        £7    £1,000       
7.2        £10    £192       
7.4            £62       
7.6        £8    £101       
7.8        £15    £78       
8        £21    £190       
8.2        £10    £94       
8.4            £4       
8.6            £7       
8.8            £24       
9        £5    £213       
9.2        £12    £4   
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THEN - 1.01 - of course

6 on the spin 29% with switchers

only a few have the magic formular

horse will know he had a race in the morning

Doubt it. The mare didn't look like she was making any effort at all.

Are they the new Martin Pipes?

Certainly churn out the winners. At what cost to their quality and the long term good of the horses? Making your reputation through summer jumping may not be the best way to establish the yard as one for potential top class horses.

Gets them spot on asap then only the strong survive,
Had one go there from a yard I was with & the owner invited me along when it had it's first start for them,
Spoke to Dan about the horse and advised him about it's best trip & conditions it required,
I watched the horse have 2 seasons at the wrong trip on the wrong ground,
It went up for sale so I went along as know the horse had serious potential just needed to be minded correctly,
It was lame on 2 legs and looked a shell of it's former self...Brought a tear to my eye tbh,
It went to another yard where it ran twice before breaking down
His winners at any cost attitude doesn't sit well with me.

Very true but he isn't alone in this, It's those on the ground who love the animals, Those nearer the top see them as numbers.

1, If I tell you that you have a small chance of working out who I am.
2, I don't come on here to tell lies.

This is how I see the success of the Skelton stable

1) Horses are sent to them that have previously been with mediocre trainers who couldn't train ivy up trellis.
2) These horses are mostly well handicapped because of No.1
3) Any niggles or problems these horse have are ironed out and they become healthy, happy horses.
4) The horses are trained so that when they reach the racecourse they are actually fit enough to win races.
5) The horses are placed in the right races, ones that they can win.
6) Both brothers are hungry for success and won't rest on their laurels.

That just about covers it for me.

All of what you say WP does make sense (if it didnt happen with every single horse they get). Brailsford and his "marginal gains" also kinda made sense until the truth came out ;)

he's got a couple of other switchers with 5 day entries i noticed, ex sam thomas and michael scudamore