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One runner for Newland over jumps today in the first at Exeter PU.
Only a 4% strike rate with his new partner in the current jumps season. |
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They seem to run up to that Cheltenham winning post faster and stronger than they ever used to.
Abiding memory is Minello Indo and A Plus Tard sprinting by Frodon in the 2021 Gold Cup. |
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The Mullins domination is one thing but if that stopped overnight it wouldn't solve the plethora of problems facing the game over here.
Three weeks before the festival we had a 4 runner Grade 1 at Ascot where the 2nd and 3rd favourite weren't even trying to win it and merely using it as a prep race without a Mullins runner in sight, if the great man did happen to have had a runner in that race there would have been moaning that it wasn't fair. |
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Newland is a gob**** , anyone noticed how his runners take a walk in the market pretty often and run like drains , yet the application of money and they grow legs , he's one to be talking. Chemical didn't earn that name for nothing . If these trainers in Ireland were using drugs do you think ANY British owners would send them horses and have their names dragged through the mire ,of course not...If you go into a supermarket say like Asda you'll buy stuff cheaper , but if you want really good stuff you'd go to more upmarket ones and pay the price.
Newland will stop people buying land next because he can't afford the prices .... |
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didnt bother or stop godolphin employing zharooni till they got caught
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or the queen after hendo doped one of hers
the list is endless |
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workrider, now your here, any word on the ground re the Luke Comer carcass thing?
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dr. frakenstein appears to have applied some of the mullins juice to his melon. maybe hes testing it before the horses get some
if his next winner looks like a yak we will know why |
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Exactly 1st , its not just a Irish thing that smells, a huge question often asked is , why didn't the BHA ban ALL the Arabs trainers after they found the Steroids as surely he wasn't the only one using them .
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Doorman99 it was his Son who was charged not the Father...
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Whoever, whats the story? What on earth were they doing there and so many?
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You know as much as me mate..
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I see Paul Nichols has decided threeunderthrewfive one of only 6 uk trained horses guaranteed to get in the national it’s better to wait for sandown.
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Jimnast I think that tells you all you need to know about British racing sadly , a terrible state of affairs ..
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He told the owners the sandown race would be easier to win workrider on that basis we may one day see a walkover in the grand national.
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As the national approaches and the participants of the race start to crystalize this story is going to go supersonic.
Nicholl's attempts to make the most of Aintree as it's a less competitive than Cheltenhm with regards to Mullins particularly but that might not last forever. Next season imagine if Mullins and co actually decide to come over more often with raiding party's, Cromwell has already started it and has been successful, if prize money does indeed increase rather than help the English trainers it's going to serve to encourage the Irish over and make things a whole pile worse. They'll have to have two different amounts of prize money, one if the Irish win a race and a greater one if an English trainer wins a race ![]() ![]() |
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isnt that the point besides been primed[ whatever that means
] for chelt,90% of mullins uk raiders outside of chelt get stuffed, |
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Well then 1st what a edge you have there then...
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Yes, I stand corrected, and in that case it's worse still, the 1st and 3rd favs weren't trying.
Perish the thought that they actually make more of an effort of winning a grade 1 they have an actual decent chance of winning rather than all the eggs going into the basket that had a far more tougher tariff. Trainers cannot complain about prize money when this practice is going on. Perhaps connections could have dropped a few hints to unsuspecting punters beforehand that they were not going to be in with a chance of collecting. |
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Mullins could come over more often next year and win the Trainers Championship if he wanted to and half the prize money in Britain to go with it.
What would happen then? A ban or serious restrictions on Irish runners? The BHA cannot allow a money flow out of British Racing like that. Something would have to be done. |
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call me a cynic but i refuse to believe that 3 of the supposed worlds best NH trainers have this game of to a tee that 1 of them can have their horses raring to go at the same time in comparrison the other 2,s horse run like drains and it all turns out nicely that each of the 3 end up getting a nice chunk of the prize money and enough winners to keep everybody happy,without any of the 3,s horses over a long period of yrs/time not been in form when as it were its their time, without something else been at play, especially as when we highlight an under par run any other time,we,re greeted with THEIR NOT MACHINES,but in these cases it seems its exactly what they are, all about opinions now where do those horses go inbetween been bought and arriving at the yds
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they used to say the same 24/7 yr after yr about armstrong, brad,froome,sky, johnson,distance runner,s etc,etc till ergh they didnt
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Dan been a prime example 1st..
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I brought this up 3 weeks ago re where they go in between. Just in case anyone thinks you just thought of it
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I knew it was you MJK because you spelt off correctly
....What did you think of my video , got called up against Bohs...![]() |
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Great stuff. You never lost it
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WR I better not put up the story about Aiden, the stable checker and the politician. Carnage no doubt....
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Tim Brennan, is he still a vet and what was he up to years ago.
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Does anyone know how many of the Irish trained winners/runners at Cheltenham this year were tested by the BHA?
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Btw, it's not a trick question, I don't but would like to know, especially in the context of this discussion.
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More than 120 Cheltenham Festival horses tested for drugs ...
The Sun https://www.thesun.co.uk › Horse Racing › Sport 29 Feb 2024 — A WHOPPING 120 horses with entries at the Cheltenham Festival have been drugs tested in Ireland as part of a massive joint anti-doping .. Plenty of bigging it up about how vigilant they are BEFORE the Festival,(2 weeks or so), but can't find any numbers of tests done POST race by the BHA and the findings.....seems a bit odd to say the least!! |
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Read that 1st 4 home are drug tested GP1s & GDE1s.
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Link please Penzance
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Sorry can't do links.It's a Guardian piece.
From Sept 1st year of article. |
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Ok, excellent memory re dates and newspaper but can't copy and paste a link from the bar at the top of your screen?!!
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First four horses in major races to be dope-tested – Talking Horses Move is latest extension to anti-doping measures ‘This is driven by desire to enhance integrity,’ says BHA Chris Cook and Greg Wood Tue 27 Nov 2018 19.26 GMT Share The first four finishers in all major British horse races are to be dope-tested as part of the latest extension to anti-doping measures in the sport. The British Horseracing Authority said on Tuesday it began its new policy on 1 September and has since satisfied itself that it is able to cope with the logistical challenges of such an increased workload, compared with the previous system under which only winners were automatically tested. Brant Dunshea, the BHA’s chief regulatory officer, announced the new measure during a briefing with members of the media intended to mark a new era of openness at the ruling body, previously associated with something of a siege mentality. “This is driven by a desire to enhance the integrity around the best quality races in this country,” he said, adding that the new testing policy will apply to all Group races on the Flat and Grade One races over jumps. “We hope all major racing nations will adopt a similar approach. “It comes with its own logistical challenges on days like Champions Day or during the Royal meeting and there’s significant resource redistribution to make it happen but we believe it’s really important. We’re comfortable that we can do it.” Dunshea added that, starting next year, cobalt will also be tested for as part of every test, having been included in just 10% of tests two years ago. He said the BHA’s ability to discover the presence of performance-enhancing designer drugs had also improved, thanks in part to an annual anti-doping spend of £3m. Disciplinary cases are to be processed faster in the future as the BHA attempts to leave behind its old reputation for struggling with long, complex investigations. In support of that ambition, it recently hired as its intelligence manager Nicola McDermott, described as an expert on covert policing during her time with the Metropolitan Police. It has also created a new role of intelligence development manager for John Burgess, a long-serving BHA investigator, who must now seek opportunities to “prevent and disrupt” corrupt plots before they take place, thereby reducing the need for reactive investigations. As indicators of greater openness, the BHA said it will provide more information to those who find themselves the subject of investigations. Its new integrity education programme for racing professionals will be published online next year for all to see. |