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11 Nov 23
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when is this issue going to be addressed?
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What can they do? Would starting earlier help at all? Probably not, but it is happening more and more, and turning races into a farce. We have enough flat racing as it is.
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Was there no sunshine 20 years ago.?
Never use to happen |
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COC said there is nowt they can do about it...
i'm sorry but that is NEVER an answer. |
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COC in other words,can't be bothered
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The sun isn't directly head on to the hurdles and is from around 10 o clock.
Ridiculous |
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Coulld always try sunglasses.
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I must have missed when the sun shining suddenly became a big issue must admit. I realise there could be extreme cases where a fence is made slightly shadowed or blind by very very low sun - but they seem to do it all the flaming time these days just because there's a bit of sun shining on a fence!
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eVysor Equine Goggles for horses have been available for a number of years at around £200 a pop, used a lot in Equestrian events, can only assume that they have been deemed not suitable for horse racing or else surely they would have been used by now?
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Its a farce and one reason I have stopped betting on NH racing. No point in spending any time looking at form.
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this is the last......
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The horses are probably ok with it. Not so the jockeys. Thinking more of a tinted visor or goggles for them with my comment.
If you have a good jumper why waste an entry at Aintree in the Autumn. |
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I was at the last Aintree meeting. I was stood next to the final hurdle. Harry Skelton instead of going to the start came to the hurdle to test how the sun may affect the riders. The sun by that stage was at 2 o’clock and a giant cloud was approaching. Skelton indicated to those close by that there was no problem and he made his way to the start. The stewards still decided that the hurdles in the home straight should be omitted
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I was at the last Aintree meeting. I was stood next to the final hurdle. Harry Skelton instead of going to the start came to the hurdle to test how the sun may affect the riders. The sun by that stage was at 2 o’clock and a giant cloud was approaching. Skelton indicated to those close by that there was no problem and he made his way to the start. The stewards still decided that the hurdles in the home straight should be omitted
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6 minutes late at Aintree on a busy day, split screen Kelso
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Looked out of my window just as the last race at Aintree (14:45) was going to start and the sun wasn't that low at all. Didn't see what the problem was. The longer they just stand there talking about it, the further down the sun goes. Disgrace.
Just checked sunset in Liverpool today is: 16:22 |
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Getting worse: missing 4 from this race.
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memo to the clowns who run Aintree Racecourse...
might be a good idea to re-schedule the bumper next year ? so there IS something you could do. |
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Do they ever miss out jumps for low sun in France ?
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Might be a good idea if the starter just said those who want to race line up and have the others withdraw.
Sure some of the lads who dont get many rides would give it a go. |
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Yes, can at least order the racecard so the biggest races of the day will not be affected, even if that means running them at the start/end of the card and running the bumper/conditionals handicap in the middle.
Humans have been able to predict the position of the sun for thousands of years. Unless they work in race planning. |
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No fences missed out in France due to low sun.
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And yet in France they just get on with it with no bother
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Didn't see that
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Never happy low sun too much sun too much rain not enough rain frozen tracks add in fog and early dark nights why bother
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why they don't use drones to block the sun out is something i will never understand...
can't be too difficult to attach some sort of polythene sheet to a couple of drones... to say there is NOWT we can do is just poppyc0ck piffle from Sulika Varma. |
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Naas...
i'm sorry but no way should the last 2 fences in the home straight have been excluded there... they showed a view down the home straight from the final bend and there was no issue at all... no glaring sun (which looked to me like it was coming from the side)... a dreadful decision imv. |
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Fences, no fences, fast soft or heavy, rain hail or shine - it doesn't matter. Every race boils down to one choice and one choice only. Lay or back the Mullins horse? And whatever you do it'll be wrong. Irish jumping is desperate.
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Doesn't say a lot for English jumps then does it...
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The Irish may have the best horses but when 3 yards have around 60% of the runners and all of the ones with any chance in many races, it is not a great watch. With so much racing on, I choose to ignore the Irish to give me time to study the English.
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Wonder why they don't have to miss out fences for low sun in France then ?
Is it because they school their horses better and teach them to jump with minimal assistance from the saddle? |
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The courses are happy as there is less fence repair to do, trainers get less fallers and bumps and bruises to deal with. Everyone is happy apart from spectators.
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Sage - that's an argument for making every race a flat race.
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wouldn't surprise me if Paul Townend blamed the low sun on his earlier faller and the stewards decided to whip out the last 2 fences at Naas...???
i might be wrong tho. |
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oh dear...
here we go again... Fakenham Farce now. |
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strontium, together with the animal welfare folk, low sun etc could easily finish jumping in 10 years.
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More rubbish with the sun, shadows look like it's side on again
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